2 Kings 15:19
15:19 Pul
king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid
him
a thousand talents
of silver to gain his support
and to solidify his control of the kingdom.
2 Kings 17:6
17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel
to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:11
18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel
to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:19-20
18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence?
18:20 Your 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?
Isaiah 7:17-18
7:17 The
Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s family a time
unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah – the king of Assyria!”
7:18 At that time the Lord will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.
Isaiah 8:6-8
8:6 “These people
have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.
8:7 So look, the sovereign master
is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River
– the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.
8:8 It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land,
O Immanuel.”
Isaiah 10:5-6
The Lord Turns on Arrogant Assyria
10:5 Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead,
a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
10:6 I sent him against a godless nation,
I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry,
to take plunder and to carry away loot,
to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
Hosea 11:5
11:5 They will return to Egypt!
Assyria will rule over them
because they refuse to repent!