Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

For the head

That it be not a people

Bible References

For the head

Isaiah 7:9
Furthermore, Ephraim's head is Samaria, and Remaliah's son is its king. If all of you don't keep on believing, you'll never remain loyal.'"
2 Samuel 8:6
David erected garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, placing the Arameans under servitude to him, and they paid tribute to him.

Within

Isaiah 8:4
for before the young lad knows how to call out to his father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria."
Isaiah 17:1
A message about Damascus: "Look! Damascus will cease to be a city. Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.
2 Kings 17:5
After this, the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, approached Samaria, and began a three year siege.
Ezra 4:2
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families with this message: "Let's build along with you, because, like you, we seek your God, as do you, and we've been making sacrifices to him since the reign of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here."

That it be not a people

Hosea 1:6
Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, so the LORD told Hosea, "Name her "Lo-ruhamah,' because I will no longer be showing mercy to the house of Israel, nor will I forgive them.

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