Kir
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The inhabitants of Damascus carried into captivity to, by the king of Assyria
2 Kgs 16:9
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
2 Kings 16:9 -
Prophecies concerning
Isa 22:6; Amos 1:5; 9:7
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 22:65 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
Amos 1:57 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Amos 9:7
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
