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
And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe then you will not endure." '"
2 Samuel 8:6
David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, so Aram became servants of David, bringing tribute. Yahweh protected David everywhere he went.
Within
Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy knows to call 'my father' and 'my mother,' [one] will carry away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria in the presence of the king of Assyria."
Isaiah 17:1
An oracle of Damascus: "Look! Damascus [will] cease being a city and will become a heap of ruins.
2 Kings 17:5
So the king of Assyria went up in all the land, then he went up [to] Samaria and besieged it [for] three years.
Ezra 4:2
And they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the {families}, and they said to them, "Let us build with you. Like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing [to him] from the days of Esarhaddon the king of Assyria who brought us up here.
That it be not a people
Hosea 1:6
And she conceived again and bore a daughter, and he said to him, "{Name her} Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or {forgive them}.