Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

The syrians

Bible References

Ye not

Jeremiah 9:25
“The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.

Have not

Amos 2:10
And I brought you from the land of Egypt
and led you 40 years in the wilderness
in order to possess the land of the Amorite.
Exodus 12:51
On that same day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their divisions.
Hosea 12:13
The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet,
and Israel was tended by a prophet.

The philistines

Deuteronomy 2:23
The Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, and settled in their place.
Jeremiah 47:4
on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the islands of Caphtor.

The syrians

Amos 1:5
I will break down the gates of Damascus.
I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.
The Lord has spoken.
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.

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