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Nahum 2:9 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Nahum 2:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Nahum chapter 2 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. for: or, and their infinite store, etc pleasant: Heb. vessels of desire”
Nahum 2:9 (KJV)
Commentary on Nahum 2:9
Nahum asks rhetorically: 'Art thou better than populous No' (heteytivi miNo-Amown). No-Amon (Thebes) was Egypt's ancient capital, one of the greatest cities of antiquity, located on the Nile with sophisticated defenses. It 'sat among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea.' The Nile and surrounding waterways provided natural defenses, making Thebes seem as secure as Nineveh. Yet Assyria itself had conquered and destroyed Thebes in 663 BC (recent memory when Nahum prophesied). The question devastating: if mighty Thebes fell despi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Nahum 2:9
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“and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls”
“and strangled for his lionesses”
“with their molten images”
“even on Babylon”
“and brought him to Babylon”
“you shepherds”
“And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.”
“but you weren't destroyed; and who betray”