Isa 10:9, 17:1 | JFB | e4.org | 9. Is not . . . as —Was there any one of these cities able to withstand me? Not one. So Rab-shakeh vaunts ( ). Calno —Calneh, built by Nimrod ( ), once his capital, on the Tigris. Carchemish —Circesium, on the Euphrates. Taken afterwards by Necho, king of Egypt; and retaken by Nebuchadnezzar: by the Euphrates ( ). Hamath —in Syria, north of Canaan ( ). Taken by Assyria about 753 B.C. From it colonists were planted by Assyria in Samaria. Arpad —near Hamath. Samaria —now overthrown. Damascus

‏ Isaiah 10:9

9. Is not . . . as—Was there any one of these cities able to withstand me? Not one. So Rab-shakeh vaunts (Isa 36:19).

Calno—Calneh, built by Nimrod (Ge 10:10), once his capital, on the Tigris.

Carchemish—Circesium, on the Euphrates. Taken afterwards by Necho, king of Egypt; and retaken by Nebuchadnezzar: by the Euphrates (Jer 46:2).

Hamath—in Syria, north of Canaan (Ge 10:18). Taken by Assyria about 753 B.C. From it colonists were planted by Assyria in Samaria.

Arpad—near Hamath.

Samaria—now overthrown.

Damascus— (Isa 17:1, 3).

‏ Isaiah 17:1

1. Damascus—put before Israel (Ephraim, Isa 17:3), which is chiefly referred to in what follows, because it was the prevailing power in the league; with it Ephraim either stood or fell (Isa 7:1-25).