Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Isa 36:11) | 1 sn Aramaic was the diplomatic language of the Assyrian empire. |
| (1.00) | (Isa 23:13) | 4 sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon. |
| (0.87) | (Nah 2:13) | 5 sn The Assyrian warriors are pictured as young lions in Nah 2:11-13. The Assyrians often pictured themselves with lion imagery (see D. Marcus, “Animal Similes in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions,” Or 46 [1977]: 87). |
| (0.85) | (Isa 33:18) | 3 sn The people refer to various Assyrian officials who were responsible for determining the amount of taxation or tribute Judah must pay to the Assyrian king. |
| (0.80) | (Isa 37:36) | 2 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army. |
| (0.80) | (Isa 20:1) | 1 sn This probably refers to the Assyrian campaign against Philistia in 712 or 711 b.c. |
| (0.80) | (Isa 10:16) | 1 sn The irrational arrogance of the Assyrians (v. 15) will prompt the judgment about to be described. |
| (0.80) | (2Ki 19:35) | 1 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army. |
| (0.80) | (Gen 10:11) | 3 sn Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city situated on the Tigris River. |
| (0.70) | (Isa 37:29) | 2 sn The word-picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238. |
| (0.70) | (Isa 10:28) | 2 tn Heb “he,” that is, the Assyrians (as the preceding context suggests). Cf. NCV “The army of Assyria.” |
| (0.70) | (2Ki 19:28) | 2 sn The word picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238. |
| (0.60) | (Mic 5:5) | 4 sn The numbers seven and eight here symbolize completeness and emphasize that Israel will have more than enough military leadership and strength to withstand the Assyrian advance. |
| (0.60) | (Eze 23:5) | 3 tn The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:738. |
| (0.60) | (Isa 37:26) | 1 tn Having quoted the Assyrian king’s arrogant words in vv. 23-24, the Lord now speaks to the king. |
| (0.60) | (Isa 10:33) | 1 sn As in vv. 12 (see the note there) and 18, the Assyrians are compared to a tree/forest in vv. 33-34. |
| (0.60) | (Isa 10:20) | 3 tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”). |
| (0.60) | (Isa 10:14) | 1 sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent. |
| (0.60) | (Psa 76:3) | 2 sn This verse may allude to the miraculous defeat of the Assyrians in 701 b.c. (see Isa 36-37). |
| (0.60) | (2Ki 19:25) | 1 tn Having quoted the Assyrian king’s arrogant words in vv. 23-24, the Lord now speaks to the king. |
