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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 16:9 — And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
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A. M. 3264. B.C. 740. |
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went up
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2Ch 28:5; Foretold in Amo 1:3-5 |
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Damascus
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Heb. Dammesek. Kir. Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it is clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it was the country on the banks of the river [Kuros] Cyrus, or Kyrus, now called Kur, or Kura; and we find cities called Cyropolis, Cyrena, and Carine, mentioned by writers as lying in these parts, and a part of Media, called Syromedia, as it is thought, from the Syrians who were carried captive thither. Isa 22:6; Amo 9:7 |
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slew Rezin
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Isa 7:16; Isa 9:11 |
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2Ch 28:5 |
Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. |
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Amo 1:3 |
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: |
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Amo 1:4 |
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. |
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Amo 1:5 |
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. |
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Isa 22:6 |
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. |
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Amo 9:7 |
[Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? |
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Isa 7:16 |
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. |
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Isa 9:11 |
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 16:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ki/16/9.html>.
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