Isaiah 20:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 20:1

Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

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ASV

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

KJV

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod,.... Or Azotus, as the Septuagint here call it; and which is its name in the New Testament; see Gill on Act 8:40. This Tartan, or whom the Septuagint names Tanathan, and the Arabic version Tathan, was one of Sennacherib's generals, 2Ki 18:17, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him); to the above place to besiege it. This Sargon is generally thought to be the same with Sennacherib, since Tartan was one of his generals, who might have more names than one.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod - Tartan was one of the generals of Sennacherib. Ashdod, called by the Greeks Azotus, was a seaport on the Mediterranean, between Askelon and Ekron, and not far from Gaza (Reland’s “Palestine,” iii.) It was one of the five cities of the Philistines, assigned to the tribe of Judah, but never conquered by them Jos 13:8; Jos 15:46-47. The temple of Dagon stood here; and here the ark of God was brought after the fatal battle of Eben-ezer (1Sa 5:1, following.)

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

GESENIUS takes "Tartan" as a title. Ashdod--called by the Greeks Azotus (Ac 8:40); on the Mediterranean, one of the "five" cities of the Philistines. The taking of it was a necessary preliminary to the invasion of Egypt, to which it was the key in that quarter, the Philistines being allies of Egypt.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת	bish.Nat	in [the] year	H8141 →
בֹּ֤א	bo'	came	H935 →
תַרְתָּן֙	tar.Tan	[the] supreme commander	H8661 →
אַשְׁדּ֔וֹדָה	'ash.Do.dah	Ashdod towards	H795 →
בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח	bish.Loch	when sent	H7971 →
אֹת֔וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
סַֽרְג֖וֹן	sar.Gon	Sargon	H5623 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁ֑וּר	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם	vai.yi.La.chem	and he fought	H3898 →
בְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד	be.'ash.Dod	against Ashdod	H795 →
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃	Vai.yil.ke.Dah	and he captured it	H3920 →

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Through
Amos 1:8
I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the…
leads to
- Ezekiel 25:16
  therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
- Isaiah 14:29–31
  Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Jeremiah 47:4–5
  For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
- Zephaniah 2:4–7
  For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
Through
1 Samuel 5:1
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 7:12
  Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
Through
2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by…
leads to
- Isaiah 7:3
  Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
- 2 Kings 20:20
  As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in…
Through
Jeremiah 25:20
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
leads to
- Job 1:1
  There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

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