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4 articles found for “Sargon II”

• Sargon

  Sargon was a king who ruled Assyria in the late eighth century BC; scholars call him Sargon II. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Isaiah 20:1.

• Isaiah 20

  Isaiah 20 records a symbolic act performed at God's command in the year Assyria captured Ashdod: for three years Isaiah went about naked and barefoot as a sign that Egypt and Cush would be led away captive by Assyria.

• Sharon

  Sharon is a coastal plain along the Mediterranean south of Mount Carmel. In the Old Testament it appears as pastureland and as a symbol of fertility and beauty, and it is best known from the phrase "the rose of Sharon" in Song of Solomon 2:1.

• Sharon

  Sharon is a plain along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, extending south of Mount Carmel. The New Korean Revised Version renders the name as "Saron," and in Scripture it serves as a symbol of fertility and beauty.