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2 Kings 16:9

New American Bible - revised edition

The king of Assyria listened to him and moved against Damascus, captured it, deported its inhabitants to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

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Ben-hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the leaders of his troops against the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, besides all the store cities of Naphtali.

Though Ahaz plundered the Lord’s house and the houses of the king and the princes to pay off the king of Assyria, it was no help to him.

Therefore the Lord, his God, delivered him into the power of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and carried away captive a large number of his people, whom they brought to Damascus. He was also delivered into the power of the king of Israel, who defeated him with great slaughter.

“Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus?

Oracle on Damascus: See, Damascus shall cease to be a city and become a pile of ruins;

Elam takes up the quiver, Aram mounts the horses and Kir uncovers the shields.

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands.

for before the child learns to reject evil and choose good, the land of those two kings whom you dread shall be deserted.

So the Lord raises up their foes against them and stirs up their enemies to action—

Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west— they devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his wrath is not turned back, and his hand is still outstretched!

Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O Israelites?—oracle of the Lord— Did I not bring the Israelites from the land of Egypt as I brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?




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