2 Kings 18:23

Assyrians Advise Against Trust In Yahweh

²² 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 to Jerusalem: You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem?’ 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! ²⁴ How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

My Lord the King

Asshur

Assur

Assyria

1 Samuel 17:42

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome.

1 Samuel 17:44

“Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!”

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.”

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 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.

Isaiah 36:8-9

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!