2 Kings 15 · Verse 37

2 Kings 15:37

In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
2 Kings 15:37, King James Version

2 Kings 15:37 in other translations

BSB(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
WEBIn those days, the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.
ASVIn those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
YLTIn those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.
DARBYIn those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
BBEIn those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.
WebsterIn those days the LORD began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

What does 2 Kings 15:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
37. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 favorable 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 15:32-38

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.

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2 Kings 15:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.Mimin the daysH3117
הָהֵ֔םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992
הֵחֵ֣לhe.Chelhe beganH2490
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙le.hash.Li.achto sendH7971
בִּֽיהוּדָ֔הbi.hu.Dahin JudahH3063
רְצִ֖יןre.TzinRezinH7526
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָ֑ם'a.RamAramH758
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
פֶּ֥קַחPe.kachPekahH6492
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
רְמַלְיָֽהוּ\׃re.mal.Ya.huRemaliahH7425

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Cross references for 2 Kings 15:37

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 78:49

    He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 10:32

    In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 10:5-7

    O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 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.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3262. B.C. 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, (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.
Isa 38:1-22
began.
10:32; 1Sa 3:12; Jer 25:29; Lu 21:28
to send.
De 28:48; Ps 78:49; Isa 10:5-7; Jer 16:16; 43:10
Rezin.
16:5; 2Ch 28:6; Isa 7:1,8; Ho 5:12,13
Pekah.
27

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Context

  • 2 Kings 15:36

    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?

  • 2 Kings 15:37

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

  • 2 Kings 15:38

    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.

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2 Kings 15:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En aquel tiempo comenzó Jehová á enviar contra Judá á Resín rey de Siria, y á Peka hijo de Remalías.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
En ces jours-là, l’ Éternel commença d’envoyer contre Juda Retsin, roi de Syrie, et Pékakh, fils de Remalia.
German
Elberfelder 1871
In jenen Tagen begann Jehova, Rezin, den König von Syrien, und Pekach, den Sohn Remaljas, wider Juda zu senden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In diebus illis cœpit Dominus mittere in Judam Rasin regem Syriæ, et Phacee filium Romeliæ.