Isaiah 20:1 meaning and explanation
Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
Isaiah 20:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 20 opens by dating the prophet's sign to a real event: an Assyrian commander sent by Sargon II captured the Philistine city of Ashdod. Assyria was the great power of the day, and Ashdod sat on the coastal road toward Egypt, so its fall signaled that Assyrian reach was extending south.
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