Isaiah 36:8

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Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

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  • 1 Sam 17:40-43 : 40 He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine. 41 The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him. 42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy. 43 The Philistine said to David,“Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
  • 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him,“May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for all my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”
  • 1 Kgs 20:18 : 18 He ordered,“Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”
  • 2 Kgs 14:14 : 14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.
  • 2 Kgs 18:23 : 23 Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
  • Neh 4:2-5 : 2 and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said,“What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?” 3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said,“If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!” 4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
  • Ps 20:7-8 : 7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the LORD our God. 8 They will fall down, but we will stand firm.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 4 We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says:“By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers. 14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.”

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  • 2 Kgs 18:22-24
    3 verses
    96%

    22Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.’

    23Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

    24Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

  • Isa 36:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

    10Furthermore it was by the command of the LORD that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The LORD told me,‘March up against this land and destroy it!’”’”

  • Isa 36:7
    77%

    7Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar.’

  • Isa 37:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

    10“Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this:‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says,“Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

    11Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

  • 2 Kgs 18:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19The chief adviser said to them,“Tell Hezekiah:‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says:“What is your source of confidence?

    20Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

  • Isa 36:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The chief adviser said to them,“Tell Hezekiah:‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says:“What is your source of confidence?

    5Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

  • 2 Kgs 19:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

    10“Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this:‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says,“Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

    11Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

  • Isa 36:18
    72%

    18Hezekiah is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

  • Isa 36:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect,“Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

    14This is what the king says:‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

    15Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD by saying,“The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

    16Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says,‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

  • 2 Chr 32:9-11
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    72%

    9Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

    10“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says:‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

    11Hezekiah says,“The LORD our God will rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!

  • 2 Kgs 16:7-8
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    71%

    7Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying,“I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me.”

    8Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were in the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 18:28-30
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    70%

    28The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect,“Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

    29This is what the king says:‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

    30Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD when he says,“The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13One of his advisers replied,“Pick some men and have them take five of the horses that are left in the city.(Even if they are killed, their fate will be no different than that of all the Israelite people– we’re all going to die!) Let’s send them out so we can know for sure what’s going on.”

    14So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them,“Go and find out what’s going on.”

  • 2 Kgs 18:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish,“I have violated our treaty. If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    15Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

    16At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the LORD’s temple and from the posts which he had plated and gave them to the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 37:6
    70%

    6Isaiah said to them,“Tell your master this:‘This is what the LORD has said:“Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard– these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me.

  • Isa 37:21
    70%

    21Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘As to what you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,

  • Isa 39:5
    69%

    5Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:

  • Isa 30:16
    69%

    16You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

  • 2 Chr 32:15
    69%

    15Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?’”

  • 2 Chr 28:16
    69%

    16At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.

  • Isa 36:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Sennacherib Invades Judah In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

    2The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. The chief adviser stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
    69%

    25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 1:17
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    17They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.

  • 1 Kgs 22:4
    69%

    4Then he said to Jehoshaphat,“Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel,“I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.”

  • 2 Kgs 18:32
    69%

    32until I come and take you to a land just like your own– a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.”

  • 2 Chr 32:7
    69%

    7“Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.

  • Isa 38:6
    69%

    6and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city.”’”