Assyria takes Galilee captive
2 Kings 15:29; 16:5–9; Isaiah 9:1–2; Matthew 4:13–16
Ahaz paid Assyria to rescue him from Aram and Israel; Tiglath-pileser captured Damascus and carried the people of Galilee and Gilead into exile.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.
Isaiah 9:2 (World English Bible)
Isaiah promised that the land of Zebulun and Naphtali, first to be humbled, would one day see a great light. Matthew says that light dawned when Jesus began his ministry in Galilee (Matthew 4:13–16).
Places
JerusalemJordanAssyriaSyriaGileadGalileeDamascusHazorAbel-beth-maacahKedeshKirIjonJanoah
Dating notes
In the reign of Pekah (2 Kings 15:29). Conventional dating puts these campaigns in 734–732 BC. The date shown is an estimate within Ussher's framework.