Amos 6:2
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2 (A)Go over to (B)Calneh and see;
And from there go to (C)Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
(D)Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
Nahum 3:8
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8 (A)Are you better than (B)No[a] Amon
That was situated by the [b]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?
2 Kings 18:34
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34 Where are the gods of (A)Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and (B)Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
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Genesis 10:10
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10 (A)And the beginning of his kingdom was (B)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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2 Chronicles 26:6
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6 Now he went out and (A)made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines.
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Isaiah 10:9-11
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9 Is not (A)Calno (B)like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria (C)like Damascus?
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”
1 Samuel 17:4
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4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named (A)Goliath, from (B)Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
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Ezekiel 31:2-3
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2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
(A)‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 (B)Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.
Jeremiah 2:10-11
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10 For pass beyond the coasts of [a]Cyprus and see,
Send to [b]Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a (A)thing.
11 (B)Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are (C)not gods?
(D)But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:10 Heb. Kittim, representative of western cultures
- Jeremiah 2:10 In northern Arabian desert, representative of eastern cultures
Isaiah 37:12-13
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12 Have the (A)gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of (B)Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”
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Isaiah 36:18-19
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18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any one of the (A)gods of the nations delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they delivered (B)Samaria from my hand?
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2 Kings 19:13
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13 (A)Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”
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2 Kings 17:30
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30 The men of (A)Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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2 Kings 17:24
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Assyria Resettles Samaria
24 (A)Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, (B)Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.
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1 Kings 8:65
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65 At that time Solomon held (A)a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from (B)the entrance of Hamath to (C)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, (D)seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.
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1 Samuel 17:23
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23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke (A)according to the same words. So David heard them.
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