Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Carchemish
General references
Bible References
Carchemish
2 Chronicles 35:20
After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him.
Jeremiah 46:2
He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
Samaria
Isaiah 7:8
For Syria's leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.
Isaiah 17:3
Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites," says the Lord who commands armies.
2 Kings 16:9
The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; he attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people to Kir and executed Rezin.
2 Kings 17:5
The king of Assyria marched through the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.
2 Kings 18:9
In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.
General references
2 Kings 19:11
Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?