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2 Kings 15:37

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— In those days the LORD began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— In those days, began Yahweh to send against Judah, Rezin, king of Syria,—and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— In those days the Lord began to send into Juda, Rasin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— In those dayes the Lord began to send against Iudah Rezin the king of Aram, ? Pekah the sonne of Remaliah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— (In those dayes the LORD began to send against Iudah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the sonne of Remaliah)
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— In those days the LORD began to provoke against Judah Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Romaliah.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— In those days the Lord began to send forth against Judah{gr.Juda} Raasson king of Syria, and Pekah{gr.Phakee} son of Remaliah{gr.Romelias}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— In those days Yahweh began to send against Yehudah Retzin the king of Aram, and Peqach the son of Remalyah.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
In those x1992
(1992) Complement
הֵם
hem
{haym}
Masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic).
days 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
began 2490
{2490} Prime
חָלַל
chalal
{khaw-lal'}
A primitive root (compare H2470); properly to bore, that is, (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening-wedge); denominatively (from H2485) to play (the flute).
z8689
<8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675
to send 7971
{7971} Prime
שָׁלַח
shalach
{shaw-lakh'}
A primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications).
z8687
<8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 1162
against Yæhûđà יְהוּדָה 3063
{3063} Prime
יְהוּדָה
Y@huwdah
{yeh-hoo-daw'}
From H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.
Ræxîn רְצִין 7526
{7526} Prime
רְצִין
R@tsiyn
{rets-een'}
Probably for H7522; Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite.
the king 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
of ´Áräm אֲרָם, 758
{0758} Prime
אֲרַם
'Aram
{a-rawm'}
From the same as H0759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite.
and Pekaç פֶּקַח 6492
{6492} Prime
פֶּקַח
Peqach
{peh'-kakh}
From H6491; watch; Pekach, an Israelite king.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Ræmalyà רְמַליָה. 7425
{7425} Prime
רְמַלְיָהוּ
R@malyahuw
{rem-al-yaw'-hoo}
From an unused root and H3050 (perhaps meaning to deck); Jah has bedecked; Remaljah, an Israelite.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

2 Kings 15:37

_ _ the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, etc. — 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 2 Chronicles 27:5.] However, war was not actually waged till the reign of Ahaz.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Kings 15:32-38.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

2 Kings 15:37

In (m) those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and (n) Pekah the son of Remaliah.

(m) After the death of Jotham.

(n) Who in one day slew 120,000 of Judah's fighting men (2 Chronicles 28:6), because they had forsaken the true God.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
am 3262, bc 742

In those days:
"At the end of Jotham's reign." This Jotham died at forty-one. He was too great a blessing to be continued long to such an unworthy people. His death was a judgment, especially considering the character of Ahaz, his son and successor. For we read (
2 Kings 16:3 But 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 the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
) Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. This son may have been Hezekiah, who served the Lord, and whose prayer in sickness was most graciously herd and answered.
Isaiah 38:1-22 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. ... Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

began:

2 Kings 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
1 Samuel 3:12 In 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 25:29 For, 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 the LORD of hosts.
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

to send:

Deuteronomy 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD 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 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them].
Isaiah 10:5-7 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. ... Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Jeremiah 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, 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 43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar 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.

Rezin:

2 Kings 16:5 Then 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 28:6 For 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 the LORD God of their fathers.
Isaiah 7:1 And 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.
Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Hosea 5:12-13 Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. ... When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

Pekah:

2 Kings 15:27 In 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.
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Dt 28:48. 1S 3:12. 2K 10:32; 15:27; 16:3, 5. 2Ch 28:6. Ps 78:49. Is 7:1, 8; 10:5; 38:1. Jr 16:16; 25:29; 43:10. Ho 5:12. Lk 21:28.

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