Isaiah 20:1

Overview - Isaiah 20
A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia.
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Isaiah 20:1  (King James Version)
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
 


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.
2 Kings 18:17

Ashdod
1 Samuel 6:17 ; Jeremiah 25:20 ; Amos 1:8

and took
Jeremiah 25:29 Jeremiah 25:30