Isaiah 36:8

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

⁷ Suppose you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God.’ Isn’t He the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You are to worship at this altar’? ⁸ Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them! ⁹ How then can you drive back a single officer among the weakest of my master’s officers and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

My Lord the King

Asshur

Assur

Assyria

Assyrians

No

1 Samuel 17:40-43

Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

1 Kings 20:10

Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

1 Kings 20:18

So he said, “If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.”

2 Kings 14:14

He took all the gold and silver, all the articles found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 18:23

“So now make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

Nehemiah 4:2-5

before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

Psalm 20:7-8

Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.

Psalm 123:3-4

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

Isaiah 10:13-14

For he said:

I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.