2 Kings 17:4
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4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
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Ezekiel 17:13-19
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13 (A)And he took one of the royal offspring[a] (B)and made a covenant with him, (C)putting him under oath ((D)the chief men of the land he had taken away), 14 that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. 15 (E)But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors (F)to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. (G)Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he (H)break the covenant and yet escape?
16 (I)“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely (J)in the place where the king dwells (K)who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. 17 (L)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, (M)when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. 18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.
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- Ezekiel 17:13 Hebrew seed
Isaiah 31:1-3
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Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt
31 Woe[a] to (A)those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who (B)trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (C)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And (D)yet he is wise and brings disaster;
(E)he does not call back his words,
but (F)will arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of (G)those who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses (H)are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.
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- Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,
Isaiah 30:1-4
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Do Not Go Down to Egypt
30 “Ah, (A)stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
(B)“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make (C)an alliance,[a] but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 (D)who set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 (E)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
4 For though his officials are at (F)Zoan
and (G)his envoys reach (H)Hanes,
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- Isaiah 30:1 Hebrew who weave a web
Psalm 149:7-8
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7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with (A)chains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
2 Chronicles 32:11
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11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
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2 Kings 25:7
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7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (A)and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.
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2 Kings 24:20
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20 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.
(A)And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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2 Kings 24:1
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24 (A)In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
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2 Kings 18:21
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21 Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of (A)a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
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2 Kings 18:14-15
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14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear.” (A)And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[a] of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah (B)gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
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- 2 Kings 18:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
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