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Summary

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

The dimness

By the way

Bible References

The dimness

Isaiah 8:22
When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

When

1 Kings 15:19
"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land."
2 Kings 15:29
During Pekah's reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people to Assyria.
2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben Hadad accepted King Asa's offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

Afterward

Leviticus 26:24
I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.
2 Kings 17:5
The king of Assyria marched through the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.
1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

By the way

Matthew 4:15
"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles --

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