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Isaiah 20:1

Isaiah 20:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Tartan: Tartan was one of the generals of Sennacherib, who, it is probable, is here called Sargon, and in the book of Tobit, Sacherdonus and Sacherdan, against whom Tirhakah, king of Cush or Ethiopia, was in league with the king of Egypt.

Ashdod: ; ;

and took:

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