John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 16:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him, etc.] Complied with his request: for the king of Syria went up against Damascus, and took it; the metropolis of the kingdom of Syria, and so made a powerful diversion in favour of the king of Judah: and carried the people of it captive to Kir; not Cyrene, as the Vulgate Latin version, a country belonging to Egypt, which the king of Assyria had no power over; but a place in upper Media, as Josephus f186 relates, which belonged to the Assyrian king; (see <232206>Isaiah 22:6), compared with (<122102>2 Kings 21:2), of this captivity Amos had prophesied some time before, (Amos 1:5) and slew Rezin; the king of Syria, which also was foretold in the same prophecy.

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