- king of Assyria:
- "[And] Pulª the kingª of Assyriaª cameª° against¹ the land:ª and Menahemª gaveª° Pulª a thousandª talentsª of silver,ª that his handª might be¹ with¹ him to confirmª° the kingdomª in his hand.ª" {2Kg 15:19} + "In the daysª of Pekahª kingª of Israelª cameª° Tiglathpileserª kingª of Assyria,ª and tookª°¹ Ijon,ª and Abelbethmaachah,ª and Janoah,ª and Kedesh,ª and Hazor,ª and Gilead,ª and Galilee,ª all¹ the landª of Naphtali,ª and carried them captiveª° to Assyria.ª" {2Kg 15:29} + "So Ahazª sentª° messengersª to¹ Tiglathpileserª kingª of Assyria,ª saying,ª° I¹ [am] thy servantª and thy son:ª come up,ª° and saveª° me out of the handª¹ of the kingª of Syria,ª and out of the handª¹ of the kingª of Israel,ª which rise upª° against¹ me." {2Kg 16:7} + "Now in the fourteenthªª yearª of kingª Hezekiahª did Sennacheribª kingª of Assyriaª come upª° against¹ all¹ the fencedª° citiesª of Judah,ª and tookª° them." {2Kg 18:13} + "So Sennacheribª kingª of Assyriaª departed,ª° and went²°¹ and returned,ª° and dweltª° at Nineveh.ª ... And it came to pass,¹ as he¹ was worshippingª° in the houseª of Nisrochª his god,ª that Adrammelechª and Sharezerª his sonsª smoteª° him with the sword:ª and they¹ escapedª° into the landª of Armenia.ª And Esarhaddonª his sonª reignedª° in his stead.¹" {2Kg 19:36-37} + "Thusª saithª° the Lordª GOD,ª It shall not¹ stand,ª° neither¹ shall it come to pass.¹ ... For¹ the headª of Syriaª [is] Damascus,ª and the headª of Damascusª [is] Rezin;ª and within¹ threescoreª and fiveª yearsª shall Ephraimª be broken,²°¹ that it be not a people.ª¹" {Isa 7:7-8} + "O² Assyrian,ª the rodª of mine anger,ª and the staffª in their handª is mine indignation.ª ... I will sendª° him against an hypocriticalª nation,ª and against¹ the peopleª of my wrathª will I give him a charge,ª° to takeª° the spoil,ª and to takeª° the prey,ª and to tread them downª²° like the mireª of the streets.ª" {Isa 10:5-6} + "Shall I not,¹ as¹ I have doneª° unto Samariaª and her idols,ª so¹ doª° to Jerusalemª and her idols?ª ... Wherefore it shall come to pass,¹ [that] when¹ the Lordª hath performedª° his¹ whole¹ workª upon mountª Zionª and on Jerusalem,ª I will punishª°¹ the fruitª of the stoutª heartª of the kingª of Assyria,ª and¹ the gloryª of his highª looks.ª" {Isa 10:11-12}
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