Vassal
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A feudal tenant; a slave; a bondman.

2. (n.) A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.

3. (a.) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

4. (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

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The Nations of the North-East
... In the war they had waged with Egypt the Hittite princes of Kadesh had summoned
their vassal allies from the distant coasts of Asia Minor. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iv the nations of.htm

Jeremiah
... When it began, the Scythians were overrunning Western Asia, and Judah was the vassal
of Assyria, as she continued to be till the fall of Nineveh in 606 BC ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/jeremiah.htm

Appendices
... BC4000. Ur-duggina. Lugal-suggur, vassal of Me-sa, king of Kis. Gursar. ... En-annadu
II., high-priest. Lugal-usum-gal, vassal of Sargon of Akkad. KINGS OF KIS. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/appendices.htm

Gregory vii and Lay Investiture
... demanded of all subjects. But for the rest, neither bishop, abbot, nor
parish priest could be a feudal vassal. The land which any ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter ii gregory vii and.htm

Cyrus, the Servant Of-The Lord {4}
... effeminacy. He has married his daughter, the Princess Mandane, to Cambyses,
seemingly a vassal-king or prince of the pure Persian blood. ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/cyrus the servant of-the lord.htm

The Servant of the Lord.
... effeminacy. He has married his daughter, the princess Mandane, to Cambyses,
seemingly a vassal-king or prince of the pure Persian blood. ...
/.../kingsley/lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture iv the servant of.htm

Introduction
... Babylonia was for a time under the domination of the Elamites, and while Amraphel
or Khammurabi was allowed to rule at Babylon as a vassal-prince, an Elamite ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm

The Fall of the Empire and of the Papacy
... Charles entered Naples and the papal aims seemed attained. Charles was their vassal
for Sicily, and was now obliged to lay down his office of senator. ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter xvi the fall of.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... Sayce rejects this identification on philological and chronological grounds, and
sees in Gulkishar, "King of the Sea-lands," a vassal Kalda prince. ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Apostle's Position and Circumstances
... of my Lord, and can only bring fresh blessings to. Ver.19. me His vassal.
+For I know that I shall find+ (moi) this experience +result ...
/.../moule/philippian studies/chapter iii the apostles position.htm

Thesaurus
Vassal (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. 4. (vt) To treat as a vassal;
to subject to control; to enslave. ...Vassal (4 Occurrences). ...
/v/vassal.htm - 7k

Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)
... to Babylon (Dan. 1:1, 2). Nebuchadnezzar reinstated Jehoiakim on his throne,
but treated him as a vassal king. In the year after ...
/j/jehoiakim.htm - 33k

Ashurbanipal (1 Occurrence)
... If the latter, his restoration of Manasseh was paralleled in the instance of Necho,
the vassal king of Memphis and Sais, who also had revolted from Assyria ...
/a/ashurbanipal.htm - 12k

Vashti (10 Occurrences)

/v/vashti.htm - 12k

Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)
... Jerusalem submitted to the invader, who plundered the temple and virtually reduced
the kingdom to the position of a vassal of Egypt (1 Kings 14:25, 26; 2 ...
/r/rehoboam.htm - 34k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)
... Chronicles 36:6, 7; Dan. 1:1, 2). He also carried away the treasures of
the king, whom he made his vassal. At this time, from which ...
/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... domination, however, did not last long, for Dungi, king of Ur of the Chaldees, about
2500 BC, invaded the country, accompanied by his vassal Gudea, viceroy of ...
/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)
... successor Jehoram (omitting Ahaziah, who is chiefly notable as a devotee of
Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron), with the aid of Jehoshaphat and his vassal, the king ...
/k/kingdom.htm - 101k

Elam (24 Occurrences)
... domination, however, did not last long, for Dungi, king of Ur of the Chaldees, about
2500 BC, invaded the country, accompanied by his vassal Gudea, viceroy of ...
/e/elam.htm - 48k

Resources
What is Covenant Theology? | GotQuestions.org

Who was King Zedekiah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz? | GotQuestions.org

Vassal: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Vassal (4 Occurrences)

2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me."
(See NIV)

2 Kings 17:3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 24:1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
(See NIV)

Lamentations 1:1
How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
(See RSV)

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