Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
The captains
Of the king
Among the thorns
General references
Bible References
The captains
Isaiah 10:8
For he says, Are not my commanders all like kings?
Isaiah 36:9
How then will you turn away the face of one commander of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Of the king
Nehemiah 9:32
And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble that has come upon us, on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all Your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day, seem little before You.
Isaiah 5:26
And He will lift up a banner to distant nations, and will hiss to them from the ends of the earth; and behold, they shall come with swift speed.
Isaiah 7:18
And it shall be, in that day Jehovah shall hiss for the fly at the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Among the thorns
Lamentations 3:7
He has set a fence around me and I cannot go out; He has made my bronze chain heavy.
General references
Job 12:18
He cuts away the bonds of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.
Lamentations 3:55
I called on Your name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.