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
He boasts: 'Every one of my commanders is a king!
Isaiah 36:9
How can you defeat my master's lowest-ranking officers when you trust Egypt for chariots and horses?
Of the king
Nehemiah 9:32
Now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be respected, who keeps faith and mercy, do not let his trouble seem small to you. It has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
Isaiah 5:26
Jehovah raises up a flag for the nations far away. With a whistle he signals those at the ends of the earth. Look, they are coming very quickly!
Isaiah 7:18
In that day Jehovah will whistle for the flies that are at the distant branches of the Nile River in Egypt and for the bees that are in Assyria.
Among the thorns
Lamentations 3:7
He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me.
General references
Job 12:18
He takes off the bonds put on by kings and ties a belt around their waist.
Lamentations 3:55
I called out your name in prayer, O Jehovah, out of the lowest prison.