2 Kings 16
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2 Kings 16:5-7

5ThenH227 1RezinH7526 the kingH4428 of AramH758 and PekahH6492 the sonH1121 of RemaliahH7425, kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, wentH5927 upH5927 to JerusalemH3389 for warH4421; and they besiegedH6696H5921 AhazH271, 2but 3wereH3201 not capableH3201 of fightingH3898 him. 6At that timeH6256 RezinH7526 kingH4428 of AramH758 restoredH7725 4ElathH365 to AramH758, and droveH5394 the JudeansH3064 awayH5394 from 5ElathH359; and the 6ArameansH130 cameH935 to ElathH365 and have livedH3427 thereH8033 to thisH2088 dayH3117.

77So AhazH271 sentH7971 messengersH4397 to 8Tiglath-pileserH8407 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, sayingH559, “I am your servantH5650 and your sonH1121; comeH5927 upH5927 and saveH3467 me from the 9handH3709 of the kingH4428 of AramH758, and from the 10handH3709 of the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, who are risingH6965 upH6965 againstH5921 me.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 16:5 2 Kin 15:37; Is 7:1 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 16:5 2 Chr 28:5, 6 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 16:5 Or did not prevail in fighting ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 16:6 2 Kin 14:22; 2 Chr 26:2 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 16:6 Heb Eloth ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 16:6 As in some ancient versions; MT Edomites ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 16:7 2 Chr 28:16 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 16:7 2 Kin 15:29 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm ↩

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