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Isa 9:1 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3264. B.C. 740.
the dimness		Isa 8:22
when		1Ki 15:19,20; 2Ki 15:29; 2Ch 16:4
afterward		Lev 26:24,28; 2Ki 17:5,6; 1Ch 5:26
by the way		Mat 4:15
Galilee of the nations		or, Galilee the populous.

Correlating Passages

the dimness

Isa 8:22

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.

when

	1Ki 15:19	[There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
	1Ki 15:20	So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
	2Ki 15:29	In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
	2Ch 16:4	And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

afterward

	Lev 26:24	Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
	Lev 26:28	Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
	2Ki 17:5	Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
	2Ki 17:6	In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
	1Ch 5:26	And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

by the way

Mat 4:15

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 9:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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