2 Kings 15:37

2 Kings 15:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
• New International Version (NIV)(In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)In those days the Lord began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Context of 2 Kings 15:37

35But he did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars. Jotham built the Higher Gate of the Lord's temple. 36The other things that happened while Jotham was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Judah's kings’. It tells about the things that Jotham did. While Jotham was king, the Lord began to send King Rezin of Syria and Remaliah's son Pekah to attack Judah. 38Jotham died and they buried him beside his ancestors in the City of David, who was his ancestor. His son Ahaz became king after him.

2 Kings 15:37 word by word

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם הֵחֵ֣ל יְהוָ֗ה לְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה רְצִ֖ין מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם וְאֵ֖ת פֶּ֥קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• to sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• against Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• Rezinרְצִיןretsîyn · RezinH7526
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• and Pekahפֶּ֫קַחpeqach · PekahH6492
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּremalyâhû · RemaliahH7425

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:37

• 2 Kings 16:3He lived in the same bad way that the kings of Israel did. He even caused his son to walk through fire. In this way he copied the terrible sins of the other nations in Canaan. Those were the nations that the Lord had chased out so that the Israelites could live there.
• Isaiah 38:1At that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He nearly died. Then Amoz's son, Isaiah the prophet, went to Hezekiah. He said to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You will soon die. You will not get better. So you must tell your family what to do after your death.” ’
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days, the Lord began to make Israel's land smaller. King Hazael of Syria could attack the Israelites anywhere in their land
• 1 Samuel 3:12When that day arrives, I will punish Eli and his family in all the ways that I have said. I will start at the beginning and I will continue to the end.
• Jeremiah 25:29I have already begun to punish Jerusalem, the city that is my special home. So do not think that I will leave you other nations alone! I will certainly punish you too. I will send war against everyone who lives on the earth. That is what the Lord Almighty says will happen!”
• Luke 21:28When these things begin to happen, stand up. And look up, because God will then save you very soon.’
• Deuteronomy 28:48So you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send to attack you. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be so poor that you do not even have clothes to wear. Your enemies will make you work so hard that they will destroy you.
• Psalms 78:49He was so angry with them, that he sent terrible things to punish them. Great trouble came to them, like an army of his angels that bring death.
• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• Jeremiah 16:16But now I will send enemies to catch these people. They will catch them like fishermen catch fish. They will chase after them like hunters who catch wild animals. They will find them everywhere in the mountains, in the hills and in holes in the rocks.
• Jeremiah 43:10Then say to the people, “The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: I will call for my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to come here. He will put his throne on the path over these stones that I have hidden. They will put up a royal tent for him to sit under.
• 2 Kings 16:5At that time, King Rezin of Syria and Remaliah's son, King Pekah of Israel, attacked Jerusalem. Their armies made a camp all around the city while Ahaz was there. But they could not win the battle against him.
• 2 Chronicles 28:6In one day, King Pekah of Israel, Remaliah's son, killed 120,000 of Judah's best soldiers. God punished the people of Judah because they had turned away from the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
• Isaiah 7:1Ahaz became the king of Judah. He was the son of Jotham. Jotham was the son of Uzziah. While Ahaz was Judah's king, King Rezin of Syria and Remaliah's son, King Pekah of Israel, attacked Jerusalem. But they could not get into the city.
• Hosea 5:12I will destroy the people of Ephraim, as a moth eats cloth. I will also destroy the people of Judah, as ants destroy wood.
• 2 Kings 15:27Remaliah's son Pekah became the king of Israel when Azariah had been king of Judah for 52 years. He ruled Israel as king in Samaria for 20 years.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37In those days the Lord began to send - It was about this time that the Assyrian wars, so ruinous to the Jews, began; but it was in the following reigns that they arrived at their highest pitch of disaster to those unfaithful and unfortunate people. However much we may blame the Jews for their disobedience and obstinacy, yet we cannot help feeling for them under their severe afflictions. Grievously they have sinned, and grievously have they suffered for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37The recent invasions of Pul and Tiglath-Pileser had effectually alarmed Pekah and Rezin, and had induced them to put aside the traditional jealousies which naturally kept them apart, and to make a league offensive and defensive. Into this league they were anxious that Judaea should enter; but they distrusted the house of David, which had been so long hostile both to Damascus and to Samaria. They consequently formed the design of transferring the Jewish…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-38Verses 32-38 Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37Rezin … Pekah: See 2 Kings 16:5.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, &c.--This is the first intimation of the hostile feelings of the kings of Israel and Syria, to Judah, which led them to form an alliance and make joint preparations for war. [See on 2Ch 27:5.] However, war was not actually waged till the reign of Ahaz.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:37

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rezin
• War

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Syria
• Damascus
• Pekah
• Remaliah
• Rezin
• Ahaz
• Assyria
• Jotham
• Oded

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings