Isaiah 37:18

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“Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.”

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BSBPD

“Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 37:18 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
  2. 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
  3. 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  4. 2 Kings 17:24Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
  5. 1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
  6. Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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