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July 27, 2006
Israel Now Report
with Teddy Chadwick
Jerusalem Tabernacle of David

WHERE IS BIBLICAL ASSYRIA?
"Assyria" is not "Syria." It is Iraq.

Jerusalem, Israel: It is a common mistake to think the Biblical Assyria is modern-day Syria due to the name similarity. But in fact, the Assyrian empire more closely relates to modern-day Iraq. This really changes things when we look at scriptures (like Ps 83 and Isaiah 19) along with recent news.

Feel free to take a look at Assyria here.

Even today, an estimated 1,300,000 of 1,800,000 total Assyrians in the world now live in Iraq. Whoa! That's alot! That's like, 72% of all Assyrians!
Source: Wikipedia.

From the Prophet Isaiah:
In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian. In that day shall Israel be the third to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a blessing in the midst of the land, Which the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying: "Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands to the Assyrian: but Israel is my inheritance" (Isaiah 19:23-25).

He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep (Psalm 121:4).

Above we have the famous Isaiah 19 passage, known for the "Isa 19 Highway" (There's also a highway mentioned in Isaiah 11). If we're going to continue to look forward to the future fulfillment of this prophecy and recognize it when it happens, it's important to keep this in mind: Assyria is Iraq.

Other significant passages on Assyria, good jump-off points for further study:

2Ki 16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus ...

2Ki 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years...

2Ki 18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Isa 36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

1Ch 5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria...

2Ch 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him...

2Ch 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land...

Isa 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt...

Isa 11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt...

Isa 37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries...

Isa 37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh...

Zep 2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness...

Zec 10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them...

Blessings,

Teddy Chadwick
Jerusalem Tabernacle of David (JTOD)
JTOD org

--------------- Assyrian history:
Source: Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
HISTORY
Around 6500 BCE: First traces of agriculture in this region.
3rd millennium: Immigration of Semitic nomads, whose language becomes the leading one in the region.
� Strong influence from the Sumerian civilization in southern Mesopotamia.
Around 2300: Assyria is part of the Sumer-Akkadian empire.
Around 2000: Heavy immigration of the Amorites, a Semitic people.
Around 1850: Assyrian merchants colonize parts of central Anatolia.
Around 1810: The Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad gets control over the territory from the Zagros Mountains to the Mediterranean (from western modern Iran to Syria/Lebanon). He establishes an administrative system, dividing the kingdom into districts with couriers bringing information between the different parts.
1760: Shamshi-Adad's son, Ishme-Dagan, is defeated by King Hammurabi of Babylonia, and Assyria once again becomes a province of another Mesopotamian Empire.
Around 1500: Assyria comes under control of the kingdom of Mitanni.
Around 1350: Assyria regains its independence from Mitanni under the ruler Ashur-uballit 1. A period of territorial expansions that stretches over 2 centuries starts.
Around 910: King Adad-nirari 2 conquers the state Nisibis.
884-859: King Ashurnasirpal 2 conducts several campaigns that extend the territory of Assyria. The campaigns led to heavy destruction in the defeated regions. He also establishes Calah as the new capital.
Around 830: King Shalmaneser 3 gets control over the Mediterranean trade routes.
Around 820: Following a revolt in the royal court, a year long civil war starts. This civil war results in a decline of Assyrian power.
Around 730: King Tiglath-pileser 3 conquers Syria and Israel, and he becomes king of Babylonia. Under him the power of the king grew stronger and an army was established. He conducted a policy of deporting peoples from their homelands in order to reduce their national identity.
722-705: Under Sargon 2, Assyrian territory is extended to southern Anatolia and the Persian Gulf. He also has the population of Israel deported. In order to get better control over his territory, he has Assyria divided into 70 provinces.
Around 705: King Sargon 2 has Dar Sharrukin built to become his new capital.
689: King Sennacherib destroys Babylon after several attacks. He later makes Nineveh capital of Assyria.
681-669: King Esarhaddon has Babylon rebuilt. He also captures Memphis, the capital of Egypt.
627: With the death of king Ashurbanipal, there is a court revolution, which results in heavy weakening of Assyria's power.
614: The Medes conquer Ashur.
612: The Medes and the Babylonians conquers Nineveh, and the Assyrian Empire comes to its final end.

Hope you've enjoyed this little study. Blessings!

Teddy Chadwick
Jerusalem Tabernacle of David
JTOD.org

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