2 Kings 16:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The king of Assyria listened to Ahaz and went to fight against Damascus. The king captured that city and took the people from Damascus as prisoners to Kir. He also killed Rezin.

Cross References

Amos 9:7

This is what the Lord says: “Israel, you are like the Ethiopians to me. I brought Israel out of the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir.”

Isaiah 22:6

Horse soldiers from Elam took their bags of arrows and rode into battle. Soldiers from Kir rattled their shields.

Isaiah 9:11

The Lord found people to go up and fight against Rezin. He stirred up Rezin’s enemies.

Isaiah 7:16

But before he is old enough to make that choice, the land of the two kings you fear will be empty.

2 Chronicles 28:21

Ahaz took some valuable things from the Lord’s Temple and from the king’s palace and from the prince’s house. Ahaz gave them to the king of Assyria, but that didn’t help him.

2 Chronicles 28:5

Because Ahaz did these things, the Lord his God let the king of Aram defeat him. The king and his army defeated Ahaz and took many people of Judah as prisoners to the city of Damascus. Ahaz also suffered a terrible defeat by the king of Israel, Pekah son of Remaliah. Pekah and his army killed 120,000 of the bravest soldiers in Judah in one day. All this happened because the people of Judah had turned away from the Lord, the God their ancestors worshiped.

Isaiah 10:9

The city of Calno is no better than the city of Carchemish. Arpad is like Hamath, and Samaria is like Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1

This is a message about Damascus: “Damascus is now a city, but it will be destroyed. Only ruined buildings will be left there.

Isaiah 37:18

It is true, Lord. The kings of Assyria did destroy all those nations.

2 Chronicles 16:4

King Ben-Hadad made that agreement with King Asa and sent his army to fight against the Israelite towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and the storage cities in the area of Naphtali.

Isaiah 9:10

“Yes, those bricks fell, but we will rebuild with strong stone. Yes, those little trees were chopped down, but we will plant new trees. And they will be large, strong trees.”