Bible Cross References
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
2 Kings 19:17
We all know, LORD, that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate,
2 Kings 19:18
and burned up their gods---which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands.
2 Kings 17:5-11
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Then Shalmaneser invaded Israel and besieged Samaria. In the third year of the siege,
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which was the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the Assyrian emperor captured Samaria, took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners, and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan and some in the cities of Media.
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Samaria fell because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the king of Egypt and had led them out of Egypt. They worshiped other gods,
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followed the customs of the people whom the LORD had driven out as his people advanced, and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.
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The Israelites did things that the LORD their God disapproved of. They built pagan places of worship in all their towns, from the smallest village to the largest city.
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On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,
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and they burned incense on all the pagan altars, following the practice of the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land. They aroused the LORD's anger with all their wicked deeds
2 Chronicles 32:13
Don't you know what my ancestors and I have done to the people of other nations? Did the gods of any other nation save their people from the emperor of Assyria?
2 Chronicles 32:14
When did any of the gods of all those countries ever save their country from us? Then what makes you think that your god can save you?
Isaiah 10:8-11
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He boasts, "Every one of my commanders is a king!
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I conquered the cities of Calno and Carchemish, the cities of Hamath and Arpad. I conquered Samaria and Damascus.
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I reached out to punish those kingdoms that worship idols, idols more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.
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I have destroyed Samaria and all its idols, and I will do the same to Jerusalem and the images that are worshiped there."