Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
General references
Bible References
The kings
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and deported the people to Assyria.
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.
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes.
1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel put it into the mind of Pul (that is, Tiglath-pileser) king of Assyria to take the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan’s river, where they are until today.
Nahum 2:11 Where is the lions’ lair,
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?
General references
Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Isaiah 37:11
Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?
Isaiah 40:19 To an idol?—something that a smelter casts,
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?