Isaiah 36:8

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

⁷ But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’? ⁸ Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. ⁹ How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master’s servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

My Lord the King

Asshur

Assur

Assyria

Assyrians

No

1 Samuel 17:40-43

He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.

1 Kings 20:10

Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

1 Kings 20:18

Then he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

2 Kings 14:14

He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 18:23

Now therefore, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

Nehemiah 4:2-5

He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the dusty rubble even the burned ones?”

Psalm 20:7-8

Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.

Psalm 123:3-4

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Isaiah 10:13-14

For he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,