2 Kings 15:37

King James Version

In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In those days the Lord began sending Aram’s King Rezin and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

Hebrew Names Version
In those days the LORD began to send against Yehudah Retzin the king of Aram, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.

English Standard Version
In those days the Lord began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

New Century Version
At that time the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

New English Translation
In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.

Amplified Bible
In those days the LORD began sending Rezin the king of Aram (Syria) and [Israel's king] Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

New American Standard Bible
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In those dayes the Lord began to send against Iudah Rezin the king of Aram, & Pekah the sonne of Remaliah.

Legacy Standard Bible
In those days Yahweh began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Berean Standard Bible
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

Contemporary English Version
During his rule, the Lord let King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel start attacking Judah.

Complete Jewish Bible
It was during this period that Adonai began sending against Y'hudah Retzin the king of Aram and Pekach the son of Remalyah.

Darby Translation
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Easy-to-Read Version
At that time the Lord sent King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah to fight against Judah.

George Lamsa Translation
In those days the LORD began to provoke against Judah Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Romaliah.

Good News Translation
It was while he was king that the Lord first sent King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.

Lexham English Bible
(Now, in those days, Yahweh began to send Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.)

Literal Translation
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At ye same tyme beganne ye LORDE to sende Rezin ye kynge of Syria, & Pecah ye sonne of Romelia into Iuda.

American Standard Version
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Bible in Basic English
In those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(In those dayes the Lorde began to sende into Iuda, Rezin the king of Syria, & Pecah the sonne of Remaliahu.)

JPS Old Testament (1917)
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

King James Version (1611)
(In those dayes the Lord began to send against Iudah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the sonne of Remaliah)

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In those days the Lord began to send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria, and Phakee son of Romelias.

English Revised Version
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In tho daies the Lord bigan to sende in to Juda Rasyn, the kyng of Sirie, and Phacee, the sone of Romelie.

Young's Literal Translation
In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.

Update Bible Version
In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

Webster's Bible Translation
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

World English Bible
In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

New King James Version
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

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

New Life Bible
In those days the Lord began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

New Revised Standard
In those days the Lord began to send King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In those days, began Yahweh to send against Judah, Rezin, king of Syria, - and Pekah son of Remaliah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In those days the Lord began to send into Juda, Rasin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia.

Revised Standard Version
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remali'ah against Judah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Contextual Overview

³² In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. ³³ Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. ³⁴ And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord : he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. ³⁵ Howbeit 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 the Lord . ³⁶ Now 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? ³⁷ In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. ³⁸ And 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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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 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

began: 2 Kings 10:32, 1 Samuel 3:12, Jeremiah 25:29, Luke 21:28

to send: Deuteronomy 28:48, Psalms 78:49, Isaiah 10:5-7, Jeremiah 16:16, Jeremiah 43:10

Rezin: 2 Kings 16:5, 2 Chronicles 28:6, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:8, Hosea 5:12, Hosea 5:13

Pekah: 2 Kings 15:27

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In those days,.... At the end of the days of Jotham, or after his death, things might be in design, and preparations made before, but nothing of what follows came to pass in his life, but in the times of his son;

the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah: to make war with them as a scourge to Ahaz for his sins; of which is in the following chapter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 crown to a certain Ben-Tabeal Isaiah 7:6, probably a Jewish noble, perhaps a refugee at one of their courts, whom they could trust to join heartily in their schemes (2 Kings 16:5 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 15:37. In 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 it. And if they be still objects of God's judgments, there is revelation to believe that they will yet be objects of God's goodness. Many think the signs of the times are favourable to this ingathering; but there is no evidence among the people themselves that the day of their redemption is at hand. They do not humble themselves; they do not seek the Lord.