Verse 20

Mark out the routes for the sword to take:“Rabbah of the Ammonites” and“Judah with Jerusalem in it.”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 49:2 : 2 Because you did that, I, the LORD, affirm that a time is coming when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, hear the sound of the battle cry. It will become a mound covered with ruins. Its villages will be burned to the ground. Then Israel will take back its land from those who took their land from them. I, the Lord, affirm it!
  • Amos 1:14 : 14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.
  • Ezek 25:5 : 5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Deut 3:11 : 11 Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites.(It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.)
  • Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk around Zion! Encircle it! Count its towers! 13 Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved and will endure forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore.
  • Isa 22:10 : 10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.
  • Lam 4:12 : 12 ל(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
  • 2 Sam 12:26 : 26 David’s Forces Defeat the Ammonites So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.
  • 2 Chr 26:9 : 9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.
  • 2 Chr 33:14 : 14 After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.