2 Kings 15:37
New International Version
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

New Living Translation
In those days the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.

English Standard Version
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Berean Standard Bible
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

King James Bible
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

New King James Version
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

New American Standard Bible
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

NASB 1995
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

NASB 1977
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Legacy Standard Bible
In those days Yahweh began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Amplified Bible
In those days the LORD began sending Rezin the king of Aram (Syria) and [Israel’s king] Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Christian Standard Bible
In those days the LORD began sending Aram’s King Rezin and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In those days the LORD began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

American Standard Version
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Contemporary English Version
During his rule, the LORD let King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel start attacking Judah.

English Revised Version
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In those days the LORD began to use King Rezin of Aram and Pekah, son of Remaliah, to attack Judah.

Good News Translation
It was while he was king that the LORD first sent King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.

International Standard Version
Right about that time, the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and Remaliah's son Pekah against Judah.

Majority Standard Bible
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

NET Bible
In those days the LORD prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.

New Heart English Bible
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Webster's Bible Translation
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

World English Bible
In those days, Yahweh began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
In those days YHWH has begun to send Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.

Smith's Literal Translation
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah, Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In those days the Lord began to send into Juda Basin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia.

Catholic Public Domain Version
In those days, the Lord began to send, into Judah, Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

New American Bible
It was at that time that the LORD began to unleash Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, against Judah.

New Revised Standard Version
In those days the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
In those days the LORD began to provoke against Judah Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Romaliah.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
In those days LORD JEHOVAH began to provoke Yehuda Ratsan, King of Aram, and Piqakh son of Rumalia, King of Israel.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In those days the Lord began to send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria, and Phakee son of Romelias.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jotham Reigns in Judah
36As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 37(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.) 38And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.…

Cross References
Isaiah 7:1-2
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city. / When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

2 Chronicles 28:5-6
So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. / For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

Isaiah 8:4-7
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” / And the LORD spoke to me further: / “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah, ...

2 Kings 16:5-6
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him. / At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

Isaiah 9:11-12
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together. / Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Hosea 10:14
the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

Isaiah 7:5-9
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: / ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’ / But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen. ...

2 Chronicles 28:16-20
At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria. / The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives. / The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages. ...

Hosea 8:8-10
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel. / For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers. / Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

Isaiah 10:5-6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Matthew 1:9
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

Isaiah 17:1-3
This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins. / The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. / The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Hosea 11:5-6
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? / A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

Isaiah 7:17-20
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.” / On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria. / And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes. ...


Treasury of Scripture

In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

A.

2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

Isaiah 38:1-22
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live…

began

2 Kings 10:32
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

Jeremiah 25:29
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

to send

Deuteronomy 28:48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Psalm 78:49
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

Isaiah 10:5-7
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation…

Rezin

2 Kings 16:5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

Isaiah 7:1,8
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it…

Pekah

2 Kings 15:27
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

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2 Kings 15
1. Azariah's good reign
5. He dying a leper, is succeeded by Jotham
8. Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slain by Shallum
13. Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Nenahem
16. Menahem strengthens himself by Pul
21. Pekahiah succeeds him
23. Pekahiah is slain by Pekah
27. Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea
32. Jotham's good reign
36. Ahaz succeeds him














In those days
This phrase situates the events within a specific historical context, indicating a period of turmoil and transition. The phrase "in those days" often marks a significant moment in biblical history, suggesting a divine orchestration of events. Historically, this was a time of political instability and moral decline in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, reflecting the consequences of turning away from God's commandments.

the LORD began to send
The Hebrew root for "send" (שָׁלַח, shalach) implies a deliberate action by God. This phrase underscores the sovereignty of God over the nations and His active role in the affairs of humanity. It serves as a reminder that God uses even foreign kings to accomplish His purposes, often as instruments of judgment or correction for His people.

Rezin king of Aram
Rezin was the king of Aram (modern-day Syria), a nation often in conflict with Israel and Judah. His mention here highlights the geopolitical tensions of the time. Archaeological findings, such as Assyrian records, corroborate the existence of Rezin and his interactions with the Israelite kingdoms, providing a historical backdrop to the biblical narrative.

and Pekah son of Remaliah
Pekah was a king of Israel who came to power through conspiracy and violence. His alliance with Rezin against Judah reflects the fractured state of the Israelite kingdoms. The mention of his lineage, "son of Remaliah," emphasizes the personal and dynastic nature of these conflicts, as well as the fulfillment of prophetic warnings against Israel's leadership.

against Judah
Judah, the southern kingdom, was often at odds with its northern counterpart, Israel. This phrase indicates a direct threat to Judah, highlighting the internal and external pressures faced by the kingdom. Theologically, it serves as a warning of the consequences of Judah's own unfaithfulness, as God allows adversaries to rise against them to bring about repentance and restoration.

Verse 37. - In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Resin the King of Syria. Rezin's name occurs in the Assyrian inscriptions early in the reign of Tigiath-pileser, probably in the year B.C. 743. At that time he pays to the Assyrians a heavy tribute, consisting of eighteen talents of gold, three hundred talents of silver, two hundred talents of copper, and twenty talents of spices. Subsequently, about the year B.C. 734, he is found in revolt. His alliance with Pekah, here implied, is directly stated by Isaiah 7:2. Begun in Jotham's reign, it continued, and came to a head, in the reign of Ahaz (see 2 Kings 16:5 and Isaiah 7:1-9; Isaiah 8:6). And Pekah the son of Remaliah. Pekah and Rezin intended to establish on the Jewish throne a certain Ben-Tabeal (Isaiah 7:6), a creature of their own, with whose aid they thought to offer an effectual resistance to Assyria.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
(In those
הָהֵ֔ם (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

days
בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

began
הֵחֵ֣ל (hê·ḥêl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

to send
לְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙ (lə·haš·lî·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

Rezin
רְצִ֖ין (rə·ṣîn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7526: Rezin -- a king of Aram (Syria), also an Israelite

king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Aram
אֲרָ֑ם (’ă·rām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 758: Aram -- Syria

and Pekah
פֶּ֥קַח (pe·qaḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6492: Pekah -- 'opening', a king of Israel

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Remaliah
רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃ (rə·mal·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7425: Remaliah -- father of King Pekah of Israel

against Judah.)
בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה (bî·hū·ḏāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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