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
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.'
2 Samuel 8:6
Then he set up military camps in their territory. They became his subjects and paid taxes to him. Jehovah made David victorious everywhere.
Within
Isaiah 8:4
Before the boy knows how to say Father or Mother the wealth of Damascus and the loot from Samaria will be carried away to the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 17:1
Damascus will cease to be a city, and will become a heap of ruins.
2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria invaded the land and advanced to Samaria. He besieged the city for three years.
Ezra 4:2
They approached Zerubbabel and the heads of families and said: Let us help you build for we are servants of your God, the same as you. We have been making offerings to him from the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who sent us here.
That it be not a people
Hosea 1:6
Gomer conceived again, and gave birth to a daughter. Jehovah said to Hosea: Name her Loruhamah for I will no longer have mercy upon the house of Israel and I will not pardon them.