Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

The captains

Among the thorns

General references

Bible References

The captains

Isaiah 10:8
For it says, “Are not my princes all kings?
Isaiah 36:9
How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master’s servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Of the king

Nehemiah 9:32
“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,
Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,
Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,
From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.
Isaiah 5:26
He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation,
And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
Isaiah 7:18
In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Among the thorns

Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my chain heavy.

General references

Job 12:18
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.
Lamentations 3:55
I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.