A. M. 3279. B.C. 725. found conspiracy
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 24:1
During his reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 24:20
Because of the LORD's anger, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He finally banished them from His presence. Then, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 17:13-19
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He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,
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so the kingdom might be humble and not exalt itself but might keep his covenant in order to endure.
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However, this king revolted against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and [still] escape?
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"As I live"-- [this is] the declaration of the Lord God-- "he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
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Pharaoh will not help him with [his] great army and vast horde in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.
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He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand [in pledge]. He will not escape!"
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Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: "As I live, I will bring down on his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
king of Egypt
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 18:21
Look, you now trust in Egypt, the stalk of this splintered reed, which if a man leans on it will go into his palm and pierce it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 30:1-4
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Woe to the rebellious children! [This is] the LORD's declaration. They carry out a plan, but not Mine, They make an alliance, but against My will, piling sin on top of sin.
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They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh's protection and take refuge in Egypt's shadow.
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But Pharaoh's protection will become your shame, and refuge in Egypt's shadow your disgrace.
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For though his princes are at Zoan and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 31:1-3
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Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the number of chariots and in the great strength of charioteers. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel and they do not seek the LORD's help.
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But He also is wise and brings disaster. He does not go back on what He says; He will rise up against the house of wicked men and against the allies of evildoers.
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Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD raises His hand [to strike], the helper will stumble and the helped will fall; both will perish together.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 17:15
However, this king revolted against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and [still] escape?
brought
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 18:14
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay." The king of Assyria demanded from King Hezekiah of Judah 11 tons of silver and one ton of gold.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 18:15
So Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver found in the LORD's temple and in the treasuries of the king's palace.
bound him
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 25:7
They slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze [chains], and took him to Babylon.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 32:11
Isn't Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, "The LORD our God will deliver us from the power of the king of Assyria"?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 149:7
inflicting vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 149:8
binding their kings with chains and their dignitaries with iron shackles,