2 Kings 18:23

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Now then, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you have riders to put on them!

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  • 1 Sam 17:42 : 42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him, for David was just a young man, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 Then he said to David, 'Come here, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field.'
  • 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message: 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for even a handful for each of the people who follow me.'
  • 1 Kgs 20:18 : 18 He said, 'If they have come out for peace, capture them alive; and if they have come out for war, capture them alive.'
  • Neh 4:2-5 : 2 They all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and cause confusion. 3 So we prayed to our God and set a guard against them day and night because of their threats. 4 Then Judah said, 'The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.' 5 Our enemies said, 'They won’t know or see a thing until we come among them, kill them, and stop the work.'
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn. 4 Our souls have had more than enough of the mocking of the complacent, and the contempt of the arrogant.
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.' 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
  • Isa 36:8-9 : 8 Now then, make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can provide riders for them! 9 How then can you turn away even one of the least of my master’s officials? And you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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  • Isa 36:7-9
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    96%

    7But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar’?

    8Now then, make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can provide riders for them!

    9How then can you turn away even one of the least of my master’s officials? And you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
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    24How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • 2 Kgs 18:22
    76%

    22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

  • 2 Kgs 18:19-20
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    19Then the Rab-shakeh said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you have?'

    20You say—but they are only empty words—'I have counsel and strength for war.' Now, in whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

  • 2 Kgs 19:9-11
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    9Now the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, who had set out to fight against him. So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

    10"This is what you are to say to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.'

    11You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. Will you then be delivered?

  • Isa 37:9-11
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    9Now the king of Assyria heard about Tirhakah, king of Cush, who was coming to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

    10"This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

    11You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands by utterly destroying them. Will you be delivered?

  • 2 Kgs 18:13-16
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    13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

    14King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah a tribute of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    15So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.

    16At that time, Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 32:9-11
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    9After this, while Sennacherib king of Assyria was at Lachish with all his forces, he sent his officials to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were there, saying:

    10"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you trusting, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

    11Isn't Hezekiah misleading you, leaving you to die by famine and thirst, by saying, 'The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria'?

  • Isa 36:18
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    18Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 2 Kgs 18:28-30
    3 verses
    71%

    28Then the Rab-shakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew, saying, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

    29This is what the king says: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.

    30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us: This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’

  • Isa 36:4-5
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    4The Rabshakeh said to them, 'Say to Hezekiah: This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you rely on?

    5You say—it’s only empty words—‘I have advice and strength for war.’ But now, on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

  • Isa 36:14-16
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    70%

    14This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you!

    15And do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’

    16Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern,

  • Isa 37:21
    70%

    21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

  • 2 Kgs 16:7-8
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    7Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, 'I am your servant and your son. Come and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me.'

    8Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 18:32
    69%

    32until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

  • 2 Chr 32:15
    69%

    15Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you from my hand?

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
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    69%

    13One of his servants replied, "Let some men take five of the remaining horses that are left here. Their fate will be like that of all the Israelites who are left—yes, they will be like all the Israelites who have perished. Let us send them out to find out what has happened."

    14So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean camp, saying, "Go and see."

  • Isa 30:16
    69%

    16You said, 'No, we will flee on horses'—therefore you will flee! And, 'We will ride on swift horses'—therefore your pursuers will be swift!

  • 2 Chr 1:17
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    17A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 2 Chr 28:16
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    16At that time, King Ahaz sent for help from the kings of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
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    25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:26
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    26When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, 'Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?'

  • Ezek 23:23
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    23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and commanders, chariot soldiers, and men of renown, all mounted on horses.

  • 2 Kgs 19:13
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    13Where now is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?

  • 1 Kgs 22:4
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    4So he said to Jehoshaphat, 'Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?' Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, 'I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.'

  • Isa 38:6
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    6I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

  • 2 Chr 30:24
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    24Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials provided a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. A large number of priests consecrated themselves.

  • 2 Chr 32:17
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    17Sennacherib also wrote letters to ridicule the LORD, the God of Israel, and to say against Him, "Just as the gods of the nations of other lands did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."

  • 1 Kgs 10:29
    67%

    29A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. These were also exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram through their agents.