Isa 10:9 | TNotes | STEP | 10:9 We destroyed: By 717 BC , the regions to the north of Judah were firmly in Assyrian hands. Calno , in northern Syria (referred to as Calneh in Amos 6:2 ), fell to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III in 738 BC . Carchemish, on the Euphrates River, was taken by King Sargon II in 717 BC . Hamath, on the Orontes River, was subjugated in 738 and 720 BC . Arpad was located south of Calno. Damascus and Samaria , the capitals of Syria and Israel, were taken in 732 and 722 BC , respectively (Isa 7:8 ; 8:4 ).

bAmos 6:2►

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‏ Isaiah 10:9

10:9 ^a We destroyed: By 717 BC, the regions to the north of Judah were firmly in Assyrian hands. Calno, in northern Syria (referred to as Calneh in Amos 6:2 ^b), fell to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III in 738 BC. Carchemish, on the Euphrates River, was taken by King Sargon II in 717 BC. Hamath, on the Orontes River, was subjugated in 738 and 720 BC. Arpad was located south of Calno. Damascus and Samaria, the capitals of Syria and Israel, were taken in 732 and 722 BC, respectively (Isa 7:8 ^c; 8:4 ^d).