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Isaiah 37:18

Assyria

16 “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

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BSB
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
KJV
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
WEB
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
ASV
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,
DARBY
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,
BLB
Truly, O YHWH, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands,
ÅB
Det er sant, Herre, at kongene i Assyria har ødelagt alle folkene og deres land,
OTB
Sannelig, Herre, Assyrias konger har ødelagt alle nasjonene og deres land,
B1930
Det er sant, Herre, at kongene i Assyria har ødelagt alle folkene og deres land,

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  • Nahum 2:11–12

    Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

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  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

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  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

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  • 2 Kings 17:24

    Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

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  • 1 Chronicles 5:26

    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

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  • 2 Kings 16:9

    So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

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