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 Living Translation (NLT)In those days the Lord began to send King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.

Context of 2 Kings 15:37

35However the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord. 36Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. 38So Jotham rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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

People and places in 2 Kings 15:37

• Judah
• Pekah
• Remaliah
• Rezin
• Syria

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:37

• 2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed he made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel.
• Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel
• 1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
• Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’
• Luke 21:28Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
• Deuteronomy 28:48therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.
• Psalms 78:49He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.
• Isaiah 10:5“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• Jeremiah 16:16“Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
• Jeremiah 43:10and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will send and bring Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
• 2 Kings 16:5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
• 2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.
• Isaiah 7:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.
• Hosea 5:12Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
• 2 Kings 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 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