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

35Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of Yhwh. 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 Yhwh began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 15:37 word by word

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

• In those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 16:3But 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 Yhwh cast out from before the children of Israel.
• Isaiah 38:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith Yhwh, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days Yhwh began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
• 1 Samuel 3:12In 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 25:29For, 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 Yhwh of Armies.
• Luke 21:28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
• Deuteronomy 28:48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which Yhwh 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.
• Psalms 78:49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
• Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Yhwh, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
• Jeremiah 43:10And say unto them, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
• 2 Kings 16:5Then 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 28:6For 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 Yhwh God of their fathers.
• Isaiah 7:1And 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.
• Hosea 5:12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
• 2 Kings 15:27In 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.

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