12She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
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So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. …
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. …
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, …
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-21)The prophet Hosea, in his time, observed that the two tribes retained their integrity, in a great measure, when the ten tribes had apostatized (Hos. 11:12; Ephraim indeed compasses me about with lies, but Judah yet rules with God and is faithful with the saints ; and this was justly expected from them: Hos. 4:15; Though thou Israel play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend ); but this lasted not l…
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