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Isaiah 36:9

How then wilt thou turn away the face - The most unimportant captain in the army of Assyria commands more horsemen than this, and how can you expect to oppose even him, much more how can you be able to resist all the mighty army of the Assyrians?

One captain of the least - The word ' captain' here ( pachat , construct state from pechâh ) denotes a prefect or governor of a province less than a satrap, an officer who was under the satrap, and subject to him. It is applied to an officer in the Assyrian empire II Kings 18:24; in the Chaldean empire Jeremiah 51:23; the Persian Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3; and to the prefects of Judea in the time of Solomon I Kings 10:15. The word is of foreign origin.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 36:9:

1 Kings 10:28
Psalms 74:18
Daniel 3:2
Nahum 2:1

 

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