2 Kings 16:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

As soon as Tiglath Pileser received the message, he and his troops marched to Syria. He captured the capital city of Damascus, then he took the people living there to the town of Kir as prisoners and killed King Rezin.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:4

Benhadad did what Asa asked and sent the Syrian army into Israel. They captured the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-Maim, and all the towns in Naphtali where supplies were kept.

2 Chronicles 28:21

Ahaz gave him gifts from the LORD's temple and the king's palace, as well as from the homes of Israel's other leaders. The Assyrian king still refused to help Ahaz.

2 Chronicles 28:5

Ahaz and the people of Judah sinned and turned away from the LORD, the God their ancestors had worshipped. So the LORD punished them by letting their enemies defeat them. The king of Syria attacked Judah and took many of its people to Damascus as prisoners. King Pekah of Israel later defeated Judah and killed one hundred and twenty thousand of its bravest soldiers in one day.

Isaiah 10:9

They have already captured the cities of Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Samaria, and Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1

This is a message about Damascus: Damascus is doomed! It will end up in ruins.

Isaiah 22:6

The people of Elam and Kir attacked with chariots and carried shields.

Isaiah 37:18

It is true, our LORD, that Assyrian kings have turned nations into deserts.

Isaiah 9:10

“Houses of brick and sycamore have fallen to the ground, but we will build houses with stones and cedar.”

Isaiah 9:11

The LORD made their enemies attack them.

Amos 9:7

Israel, I am the LORD God, and the Ethiopians are no less important to me than you are. I brought you out of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Crete and the Arameans from Kir.