Midvash

Assyria

Assyria appears in 141 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Zechariah.

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In the Bible dictionary

Assyria was the Mesopotamian empire that destroyed Samaria in 722 BC; God used it as the rod of His anger, spared Jerusalem and later brought down Nineveh.

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Key passages

  • The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.

    Genesis 2:14 · Read the chapter

  • Then King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem paid him thirty-seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power.

    2 Kings 15:19 · Read the chapter

  • and Beerah. Beerah was the leader of the Reubenites when they were taken into captivity by King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria.

    1 Chronicles 5:6 · Read the chapter

  • At that time King Ahaz of Judah asked the king of Assyria for help.

    2 Chronicles 28:16 · Read the chapter

  • So they approached Zerubbabel and the other leaders and said, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God just as you do. We have sacrificed to him ever since King Esarhaddon of Assyria brought us here.”

    Ezra 4:2 · Read the chapter

  • “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.

    Nehemiah 9:32 · Read the chapter

Every verse (141)

Nehemiah
Neh 9:32
Lamentations
Lam 5:6
Zephaniah
Zep 2:13

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