2 Chronicles 18:10
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
Note they…: Heb. thou consume them
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, “The Lord says, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’”
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- horns of iron
- Mr. Bruce, in describing the head-dress of the governors of Abyssinia, says, "A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head: in the middle of this was a horn, or conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called {kirn,} {[keren,]} and is only worn in reviews, or parades after victory." Such, it may be supposed, were the horns of iron which Zedekiah (who appears to have acted the hero returning from a military triumph) made for himself, when he presumed, in the name of Jehovah, to flatter his prince with the promise of victory: "Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed."
- Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 28:10–14; Zechariah 1:18–21; 2 Timothy 3:8
- Thus
- Jeremiah 23:17, 21, 25, 31; Jeremiah 28:2, 3; Jeremiah 29:21; Ezekiel 13:7; Ezekiel 22:28