2 Kings 19
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And a so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with b sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
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Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
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And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
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c 'It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to d reproach the living God, and will e rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.' "
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So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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f And Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: "Do not be g afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the h servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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"Surely I will send i a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land." ' "
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Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed j from Lachish.
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And k the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "Look, he has come out to make war with you." So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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"Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: 'Do not let your God l in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
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'Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?
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m 'Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of n Eden who were in Telassar?
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o 'Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?' "
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p And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
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Then Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: "O LORD God of Israel, the One q who dwells between the cherubim, r You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
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s "Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; t open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, u which he has sent to reproach the living God.
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"Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
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"and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were v not gods, but w the work of men's hands - wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.
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"Now therefore, O LORD our God, I pray, save us from his hand, x that all the kingdoms of the earth may y know that You are the LORD God, You alone."
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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: z 'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, a I have heard.'
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"This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him:
'The virgin, b the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
c Has shaken her head behind your back!
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'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against d the Holy One of Israel.
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e By your messengers you have reproached the Lord,
And said: f "By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter the extremity of its borders,
To its fruitful forest.
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I have dug and drunk strange water,
And with the soles of my feet I have g dried up
All the brooks of defense."
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'Did you not hear long ago
How h I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That i you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
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Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As j the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
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'But k I know your dwelling place,
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.
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Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore l I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back
m By the way which you came.
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'This shall be a n sign to you:
You shall eat this year such as grows of itself,
And in the second year what springs from the same;
Also in the third year sow and reap,
Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
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o And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
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For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
p The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.'
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"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria:
'He shall q not come into this city,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.
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By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,'
Says the LORD.
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'For r I will s defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and t for My servant David's sake.' "
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And u it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at v Nineveh.
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Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons w Adrammelech and Sharezer x struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then y Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 18:13
And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
2 Chronicles 32:20 - 22
Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven.
Isaiah 37:1
And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
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Psalms 69:11
I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.
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2 Samuel 16:12
"It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day."
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2 Kings 18:35
'Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
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Psalms 50:21
These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.
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Isaiah 37:6
And Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: "Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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Psalms 112:7
He will not be afraid of evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
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2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.
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2 Kings 19:35 - 37
And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
Jeremiah 51:1
Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai, A destroying wind.
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2 Kings 18:14
Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay." And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.
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1 Samuel 23:27
But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land!
Isaiah 37:9
And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "He has come out to make war with you." So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying.
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2 Kings 18:5
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.
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2 Kings 18:33
Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
2 Kings 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
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Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.
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2 Kings 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
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Isaiah 37:14
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
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Exodus 25:22
And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
Psalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!
Isaiah 37:16
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
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Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.
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Psalms 31:2
Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me.
Isaiah 37:17
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
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1 Kings 8:29
That Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, 'My name shall be there,' that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.
2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place.
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2 Kings 19:4
'It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
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Isaiah 44:9 - 20
Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
Jeremiah 10:3 - 5
For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
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Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
Acts 17:29
Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man's devising.
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Psalms 83:18
That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.
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1 Kings 8:42
(for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple.
1 Kings 8:43
Hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.
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Isaiah 37:21
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria.
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2 Kings 20:5
Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.
Psalms 65:2
O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.
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Jeremiah 14:17
Therefore you shall say this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
Lamentations 2:13
How shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you?
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Psalms 22:7
All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying.
Psalms 22:8
"He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!"
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Jeremiah 51:5
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, By his God, the LORD of hosts, Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
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2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.
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Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
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Isaiah 19:6
The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.
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Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.
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Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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Psalms 129:6
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up.
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Psalms 139:1 - 3
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Isaiah 37:28
But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.
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Job 41:2
Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Ezekiel 29:4
But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
Ezekiel 38:4
I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.
Amos 4:2
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: "Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.
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2 Kings 19:33
By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,' Says the LORD.
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
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Exodus 3:12
So He said, "I will certainly be with you. And ...
1 Samuel 2:34
Now this shall be a sign to you that will come ...
2 Kings 20:8
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What is the sign ...
2 Kings 20:9
Then Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from...
Isaiah 7:11 - 14
"Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God...
Luke 2:12
"And this will be the sign to you: You will fin...
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2 Kings 19:4
'It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
2 Chronicles 32:22
Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
2 Chronicles 32:23
And many brought gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.
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2 Kings 25:26
And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
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Isaiah 8:7 - 10
Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty - The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks.
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2 Kings 20:6
"And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David." '"
2 Chronicles 32:21
Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
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Isaiah 31:5
Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it.
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1 Kings 11:12
Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
1 Kings 11:13
"However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."
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Exodus 12:29
And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.
Isaiah 10:12 - 19
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
Hosea 1:7
Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, Will save them by the LORD their God, And will not save them by bow, Nor by sword or battle, By horses or horsemen.
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Genesis 10:11
From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah.
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2 Kings 17:31
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
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2 Kings 19:7
"Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land." '"
2 Chronicles 32:21
Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
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Ezra 4:2
They came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers' houses, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.
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