Isaiah 10:9

The places named were all captured by the Assyrians under Tiglath-pileser, Shalmaneser, or Sargon; Calno (a Chaldean city, cp. Genesis 10:10) in 738 b.c., Carchemish (on the W. bank of the Euphrates) in 717; Hamath (on the Orontes, in early times the Hivite capital) in 720; Arpad (near Hamath, with which it is always coupled in OT.) in 740; Samaria (capital of Israel) in 722; Damascus (capital of Syria) in 732. The mention of the last two cities amongst the Assyrian conquests shows that at this time Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 8:4 had been fulfilled.

10, 11 The Assyrian's argument is—how can Jerusalem, with fewer gods to protect it, hope to hold out successfully?