2 Kings 16:9

Verse 9. Cyrene, not in Egypt, where he had no power, but near the river Cyrus, ( Calmet.) in higher Media. Josephus.—Hebrew “and took it and carried the inhabitants captives to Kir,” ( Bible.) whence the Syrians had come originally. Amos 9:7. Arbaces, who had dismembered Media from the Assyrians empire, was now dead, and the king of Nineve had retaken several cities, occupying Rages, and so forth (Tobit 1:16. and so forth) before Dejoces mounted the throne, and extended the empire of the Medes. Usher.—The people of Sepharvaim lived also on the borders of Media. Calmet. 18:11.