Bible Cross References
Rebuke
2 Samuel 8:1-18
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Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again, defeated them, and ended their control over the land.
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Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
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Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River.
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David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.
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When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.
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Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.
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David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.
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He also took a great quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities ruled by Hadadezer.
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King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army.
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So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze.
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King David dedicated them for use in worship, along with the silver and gold he took from the nations he had conquered---
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Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek---as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.
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David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.
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He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.
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David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly.
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Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;
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Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary;
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.
2 Samuel 10:1-19
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Some time later King Nahash of Ammon died, and his son Hanun became king.
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King David said, "I must show loyal friendship to Hanun, as his father Nahash did to me." So David sent messengers to express his sympathy. When they arrived in Ammon,
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the Ammonite leaders said to the king, "Do you think that it is in your father's honor that David has sent these men to express sympathy to you? Of course not! He has sent them here as spies to explore the city, so that he can conquer us!"
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Hanun seized David's messengers, shaved off one side of their beards, cut off their clothes at the hips, and sent them away.
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They were too ashamed to return home. When David heard about what had happened, he sent word for them to stay in Jericho and not return until their beards had grown again.
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The Ammonites realized that they had made David their enemy, so they hired twenty thousand Syrian soldiers from Bethrehob and Zobah, twelve thousand men from Tob, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men.
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David heard of it and sent Joab against them with the whole army.
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The Ammonites marched out and took up their position at the entrance to Rabbah, their capital city, while the others, both the Syrians and the men from Tob and Maacah, took up their position in the open countryside.
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Joab saw that the enemy troops would attack him in front and from the rear, so he chose the best of Israel's soldiers and put them in position facing the Syrians.
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He placed the rest of his troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who put them in position facing the Ammonites.
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Joab said to him, "If you see that the Syrians are defeating me, come and help me, and if the Ammonites are defeating you, I will go and help you.
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Be strong and courageous! Let's fight hard for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD's will be done!"
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Joab and his men advanced to attack, and the Syrians fled.
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When the Ammonites saw the Syrians running away, they fled from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab turned back from fighting the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.
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The Syrians realized that they had been defeated by the Israelites, and so they called all their troops together.
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King Hadadezer sent for the Syrians who were on the east side of the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam under the command of Shobach, commander of the army of King Hadadezer of Zobah.
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When David heard of it, he gathered the Israelite troops, crossed the Jordan River, and marched to Helam, where the Syrians took up their position facing him. The fighting began,
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and the Israelites drove the Syrian army back. David and his men killed seven hundred Syrian chariot drivers and forty thousand cavalry, and they wounded Shobach, the enemy commander, who died on the battlefield.
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When the kings who were subject to Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israelites, they made peace with them and became their subjects. And the Syrians were afraid to help the Ammonites any more.
2 Chronicles 14:1-15
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King Abijah died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City. His son Asa succeeded him as king, and under Asa the land enjoyed peace for ten years.
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Asa pleased the LORD, his God, by doing what was right and good.
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He removed the foreign altars and the pagan places of worship, broke down the sacred stone columns, and cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah.
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He commanded the people of Judah to do the will of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commands.
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Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.
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He built fortifications for the cities of Judah during this time, and for several years there was no war, because the LORD gave him peace.
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He told the people of Judah, "Let us fortify the cities by building walls and towers, and gates that can be shut and barred. We have control of the land because we have done the will of the LORD our God. He has protected us and given us security on every side." And so they built and prospered.
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King Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, armed with shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin, armed with shields and bows. All of them were brave, well-trained men.
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An Ethiopian named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah.
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Asa went out to fight him, and both sides took up their positions at Zephathah Valley near Mareshah.
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Asa prayed to the LORD his God, "O LORD, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O LORD our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. LORD, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you."
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The LORD defeated the Ethiopian army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled,
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and Asa and his troops pursued them as far as Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians were killed that the army was unable to rally and fight. They were overpowered by the LORD and his army, and the army took large amounts of loot.
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Then they were able to destroy the cities in the area around Gerar, because the people there were terrified of the LORD. The army plundered all those cities and captured large amounts of loot.
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They also attacked the camps of some shepherds, capturing large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 20:1-37
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Some time later the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with their allies, the Meunites, invaded Judah.
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Some messengers came and announced to King Jehoshaphat: "A large army from Edom has come from the other side of the Dead Sea to attack you. They have already captured Hazazon Tamar." (This is another name for Engedi.)
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Jehoshaphat was frightened and prayed to the LORD for guidance. Then he gave orders for a fast to be observed throughout the country.
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From every city of Judah people hurried to Jerusalem to ask the LORD for guidance,
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and they and the people of Jerusalem gathered in the new courtyard of the Temple. King Jehoshaphat went and stood before them
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and prayed aloud, "O LORD God of our ancestors, you rule in heaven over all the nations of the world. You are powerful and mighty, and no one can oppose you.
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You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs forever.
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They have lived here and have built a temple to honor you, knowing
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that if any disaster struck them to punish them---a war, an epidemic, or a famine---then they could come and stand in front of this Temple where you are worshiped. They could pray to you in their trouble, and you would hear them and rescue them.
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"Now the people of Ammon, Moab, and Edom have attacked us. When our ancestors came out of Egypt, you did not allow them to enter those lands, so our ancestors went around them and did not destroy them.
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This is how they repay us---they come to drive us out of the land that you gave us.
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You are our God! Punish them, for we are helpless in the face of this large army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but we look to you for help."
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All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.
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The spirit of the LORD came upon a Levite who was present in the crowd. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah; he was a member of the clan of Asaph and was descended from Asaph through Mattaniah, Jeiel, and Benaiah.
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Jahaziel said, "Your Majesty and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem, the LORD says that you must not be discouraged or be afraid to face this large army. The battle depends on God, not on you.
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Attack them tomorrow as they come up the pass at Ziz. You will meet them at the end of the valley that leads to the wild country near Jeruel.
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You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait; you will see the LORD give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid. Go out to battle, and the LORD will be with you!"
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Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low, with his face touching the ground, and all the people bowed with him and worshiped the LORD.
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The members of the Levite clans of Kohath and Korah stood up and with a loud shout praised the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Early the next morning the people went out to the wild country near Tekoa. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: "People of Judah and Jerusalem! Put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will stand your ground. Believe what his prophets tell you, and you will succeed."
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After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army, singing: "Praise the LORD! His love is eternal!"
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When they began to sing, the LORD threw the invading armies into a panic.
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The Ammonites and the Moabites attacked the Edomite army and completely destroyed it, and then they turned on each other in savage fighting.
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When the Judean army reached a tower that was in the desert, they looked toward the enemy and saw that they were all lying on the ground dead. Not one had escaped.
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Jehoshaphat and his troops moved in to take the loot, and they found many cattle, supplies, clothing, and other valuable objects. They spent three days gathering the loot, but there was so much that they could not take everything.
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On the fourth day they assembled in Beracah Valley and praised the LORD for all he had done. That is why the valley is called "Beracah."
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Jehoshaphat led his troops back to Jerusalem in triumph, because the LORD had defeated their enemies.
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When they reached the city, they marched to the Temple to the music of harps and trumpets.
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Every nation that heard how the LORD had defeated Israel's enemies was terrified,
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so Jehoshaphat ruled in peace, and God gave him security on every side.
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Jehoshaphat had become king of Judah at the age of thirty-five and had ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
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Like his father Asa before him, he did what was right in the sight of the LORD;
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but the pagan places of worship were not destroyed. The people still did not turn wholeheartedly to the worship of the God of their ancestors.
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Everything else that Jehoshaphat did, from the beginning of his reign to its end, is recorded in The History of Jehu Son of Hanani,which is a part of The History of the Kings of Israel.
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At one time King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did many wicked things.
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At the port of Eziongeber they built ocean-going ships.
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But Eliezer son of Dodavahu, from the town of Mareshah, warned Jehoshaphat, "Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have built." And the ships were wrecked and never sailed.
Isaiah 37:1-38
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As soon as King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes in grief, put on sackcloth, and went to the Temple of the LORD.
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He sent Eliakim, the official in charge of the palace, Shebna, the court secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They also were wearing sackcloth.
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This is the message which he told them to give to Isaiah: "Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.
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The Assyrian emperor has sent his chief official to insult the living God. May the LORD your God hear these insults and punish those who spoke them. So pray to God for those of our people who survive."
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When Isaiah received King Hezekiah's message,
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he sent back this answer: "The LORD tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you by their claims that he cannot save you.
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The LORD will cause the emperor to hear a rumor that will make him go back to his own country, and the LORD will have him killed there."
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The Assyrian official learned that the emperor had left Lachish and was fighting against the nearby city of Libnah; so he went there to consult him.
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Word reached the Assyrians that the Egyptian army, led by King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, was coming to attack them. When the emperor heard this, he sent a letter to King Hezekiah
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of Judah to tell him: "The god you are trusting in has told you that you will not fall into my hands, but don't let that deceive you.
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You have heard what an Assyrian emperor does to any country he decides to destroy. Do you think that you can escape?
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My ancestors destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and killed the people of Betheden who lived in Telassar, and none of their gods could save them.
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Where are the kings of the cities of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?"
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King Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went to the Temple, placed the letter there in the presence of the LORD,
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"Almighty LORD, God of Israel, seated above the winged creatures, you alone are God, ruling all the kingdoms of the world. You created the earth and the sky.
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Now, LORD, hear us and look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God.
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We all know, LORD, that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate,
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and burned up their gods---which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands.
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Now, LORD our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that you alone are God."
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Then Isaiah sent a message telling King Hezekiah that in answer to the king's prayer
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the LORD had said, "The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you.
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Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.
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You sent your servants to boast to me that with all your chariots you had conquered the highest mountains of Lebanon. You boasted that there you cut down the tallest cedars and the finest cypress trees, and that you reached the deepest parts of the forests.
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You boasted that you dug wells and drank water in foreign lands, and that the feet of your soldiers tramped the Nile River dry.
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"Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out. I gave you the power to turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.
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The people who lived there were powerless; they were frightened and stunned. They were like grass in a field or weeds growing on a roof when the hot east wind blasts them.
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"But I know everything about you, what you do and where you go. I know how you rage against me.
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I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth and will take you back by the same road you came."
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Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, "Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes.
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Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit.
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There will be people in Jerusalem and on Mount Zion who will survive, because the LORD Almighty is determined to make this happen.
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"And this is what the LORD has said about the Assyrian emperor: 'He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built around it.
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He will go back by the same road he came, without entering this city. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.' "
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An angel of the LORD went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers. At dawn the next day there they lay, all dead!
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Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh.
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One day when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.
company of spearmen
Jeremiah 51:32
The enemy have captured the river crossing and have set the fortresses on fire. The Babylonian soldiers have panicked.
Jeremiah 51:33
Soon the enemy will cut them down and trample them like grain on a threshing place. I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken."
multitude
Psalm 22:12
Many enemies surround me like bulls; they are all around me, like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.
Psalm 22:13
They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me.
Isaiah 34:7
The people will fall like wild oxen and young bulls, and the earth will be red with blood and covered with fat.
Jeremiah 50:11
The LORD says, "People of Babylonia, you plundered my nation. You are happy and glad, going about like a cow threshing grain or like a neighing horse,
every
Psalm 2:12
and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.
Psalm 18:44
Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.
2 Samuel 8:2
Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
2 Samuel 8:8-11
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He also took a great quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities ruled by Hadadezer.
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King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army.
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So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze.
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King David dedicated them for use in worship, along with the silver and gold he took from the nations he had conquered---
delight
Psalm 120:7
When I speak of peace, they are for war.
Romans 7:22
My inner being delights in the law of God.
James 4:1
Where do all the fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your desires for pleasure, which are constantly fighting within you.