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 the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple. 36The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. 38Jotham passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

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 followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
• Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.
• 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house – from start to finish!
• Jeremiah 25:29For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!’
• Luke 21:28But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
• Deuteronomy 28:48instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.
• Psalms 78:49His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.
• Isaiah 10:5Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
• Jeremiah 16:16But for now I, the Lord, say: “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks.
• Jeremiah 43:10Then tell them, ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones which I have buried. He will pitch his royal tent over them.
• 2 Kings 16:5At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz, but were unable to conquer him.
• 2 Chronicles 28:6In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.
• Isaiah 7:1During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it.
• Hosea 5:12I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
• 2 Kings 15:27In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for twenty 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