Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Isaiah 20:1
Tartan.. title. commander in-chief.
Sargon. Never once named by classic writers, and in Scripture only here.
Tartan.. title. commander in-chief.
Sargon. Never once named by classic writers, and in Scripture only here.
CHAPTER XX _The Prophet Isaiah a sign to Egypt and Cush or Ethiopia, that_ _the captives and exiles of these countries shall be indignantly_ _treated by the king of Assyria_, 1-6. NOTES ON CHAP. X...
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 fa...
CHAPTER 20 The Near-Punishment of Egypt by Assyria 1. _Isaiah walks naked and barefooted (Isaiah 20:1)_ 2. _The meaning of his action (Isaiah 20:3)_ 3. _Egypt punished by Assyria (Isaiah 20:4) _ A st...
ISAIAH 20. THE SIGN OF EGYPT'S OVERTHROW. The year in which the Assyrian Tartan, or commander-in-chief, came to Ashdod was 711. This city had been in negotiation with Egypt against Assyria, and so too...
A narrative introduction....
_Tartan_ In Assyrian _Turtanu_, the official title of the "chief of the staff." Cf. 2 Kings 18:17. _Sargon_ (Assyr. Sarrukin) the only mention of this now familiar name in the O.T. For long it was sup...
IN THE YEAR THAT TARTAN CAME, &C.— We have in this chapter an addition to the 5th discourse, in which the prophet is said to have shewn himself, by the divine command, _naked and barefooted_ to the Je...
CHAPTER TWENTY 4. EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA TEXT: Isaiah 20:1-6 1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; 2 at that...
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; In the reign of Sargon (722 BC - 715 BC), the successor of Shalmaneser,...
20:1 Tartan (a-5) The title of the general-in-chief of the king of Assyria. see 2 Kings 18:17 ....
EGYPT'S CAPTIVITY SYMBOLISED This chapter is assigned in the title to the time when Sargon besieged Ashdod (711 b.c.). The Philistine city was at that time the centre of revolt. Sargon interposed and...
TARTAN] rather, 'the Tartan': the official title of the Assyrian commander-in-chief (2 Kings 18:17). SARGON] The only known mention of this monarch until modern times. Inscriptions have now thrown muc...
Ashdod was one of the five major towns of the *Philistines. Sargon was *emperor of Assyria. His *empire included the country of the *Philistines. But in 711 *BC the king of Ashdod tried to fight for...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 20 ISAIAH HIMSELF WILL BE A SIGN TO EGYPT AND CUSH V1 Sargon, *empe...
בִּ שְׁנַ֨ת בֹּ֤א תַרְתָּן֙ אַשְׁדֹּ֔ודָה בִּ...
CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...
CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
Yet the prophet sees hope even for Egypt. He describes the process. The result of the judgment will be fear, and in the case of a part of Egypt at least this will issue in submission to Jehovah. Where...
In the year that (a) Tartan came to (b) Ashdod, (when (c) Sargon the king of Assyria sent him), and fought against Ashdod, and took it; (a) Who was captain of Sennacherib, (2 Kings 18:17). (b) A cit...
_Year. Eighteen after the preceding predictions. (Calmet) --- Sargon. Sennacherib, (St. Jerome) Salmanasar, (Sanctius) or Assaradon, who intended to revenge Sennacherib, and sent his "collector of tax...
It is probable that this event of Tartar's taking Ashdod, formed an epoch in history, so remarkable, that the year needed not to be recorded. And no doubt that the prophet's going about bare-foot, and...
CONTENTS In this chapter, the prophet becomes a type, as well as a preacher. The Lord, is pleased to make his servant Isaiah by this means, instruct the church, concerning Egypt and Ethiopia....
1._In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod. _In the preceding chapter Isaiah prophesied about the calamity which threatened Egypt, and at the same time promised to it the mercy of God. He now introduce...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...
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, Acts 8:40. This Tartan, or whom the Septuagint names Tanathan, and...
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; Ver. 1. _In the year that Tartan._] A certain commander under Sennacherib...
_In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod_ Namely, to besiege it. Tartan is mentioned (2Ki 18:17) as one of the generals of Sennacherib, who is generally supposed to be here meant by Sargon, which was p...
THE SYMBOL OF EGYPT'S AND ETHIOPIA'S FALL....
In the year that Tartan, the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian armies, 2 Kings 18:17, CAME UNTO ASHDOD, one of the cities of Philistia which had revolted against the Assyrian supremacy (when Sargon,...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 20 The captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia represented, to take off the Jews from seeking to them for help. TARTAN; a great commander in Sennacherib's army, 2 KINGS 18:17. ASHDOD; an eminen...
Isaiah 20:1 year H8141 Tartan H8661 came H935 (H8800) Ashdod H795 Sargon H5623 king H4428 Assyria H804 sent...
‘In the year that the Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it, at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and lo...
CHAPTER 20 THE CAPTIVITY OF EGYPT AND CUSH. In around 713 BC, continually encouraged by Egypt under her Cushite rulers, the cities of Philistia rebelled against Assyria and sought to embroil Judah, Ed...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of the wasting of Egypt and Ethiopia by Assyria. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Tartan, Sargon. CONCLUSION: Those who make the creature their expectation and glory and so put it in the...
Isaiah 20:1. _Tartan_ is mentioned as the general-in-chief to Sennacherib, when he summoned Jerusalem. 2 Kings 18:17. _Sargon_ is supposed to be one of Sennacherib's names; for kings assumed new names...
_In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod_ THE PURPOSE OF THE CHAPTER Judah, alarmed by the capture of Samaria, and the rapid extension of the Assyrian invasion, looked for assistance from Egypt. A...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 20:1 IN THE YEAR. 711 B.C. SARGON (II) was KING OF ASSYRIA, 722–705 B.C. ASHDOD. A Philistine city (see
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 20:1 A PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA. The Assyrian inscriptions enable us to date this prophecy with a near approach to exactness. Ashdod was besieged by an Assyrian army twic...
Now in chapter 20, Isaiah predicts that Assyria is going to waste both Egypt and Ethiopia. In the year that Tartan (Isaiah 20:1) Which is the title which means the commander in chief. Tartan, the co...
1 Samuel 6:17; 2 Kings 18:17; Amos 1:8; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 25:29
Sargon — Sennacherib, who, before he came to Jerusalem, came up against and took all the walled cities of Judah, of which Ashdod might be reckoned one, as being in the tribe of Judah....