2 Kings 16 · Verse 5

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 Kings 16:5, King James Version

2 Kings 16:5 in other translations

BSBThen Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
WEBThen Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
ASVThen 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.
YLTThen doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.
DARBYThen Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to battle; and they besieged Ahaz, but were unable to conquer him.
BBEThen Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.
WebsterThen 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.

What does 2 Kings 16:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem--Notwithstanding their great efforts and military preparations, they failed to take it and, being disappointed, raised the siege and returned home (compare Is 7:1).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 But could not overcome him - It is likely that this was the time when Isaiah was sent to console Ahaz; (see Isa 7:1); and predicted the death both of Rezin and Pekah, his enemies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 16:1-9

Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves into straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another.

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2 Kings 16:5 in the original Hebrew

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אָ֣ז'azthenH227
יַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.Lehhe came upH5927
רְצִ֣יןre.TzinRezinH7526
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אֲ֠רָם'A.romAramH758
וּפֶ֨קַחu.Fe.kachand PekahH6492
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
רְמַלְיָ֧הוּre.mal.Ya.huRemaliahH7425
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙vai.ya.Tzu.ruand they laid siegeH6696
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אָחָ֔ז'a.ChazAhazH271
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָכְל֖וּya.khe.Luthey were ableH3201
לְהִלָּחֵֽם\׃le.hi.la.Chemto do battleH3898

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 16:5

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 7:14

    Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  • Isaiah 8:9-10

    Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Isaiah 7:1-9

    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. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. …

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  • Isaiah 8:6

    Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

  • 1 Kings 15:4

    Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5-15

    Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 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. And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. …

  • 1 Kings 11:36

    And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3262. B.C. 742. Rezin.
15:37; 2Ch 28:5-15; Isa 7:1,2-9
but could not.
1Ki 11:36; 15:4; Isa 7:4-6,14; 8:6,9,10; 9:6,7

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Context

  • 2 Kings 16:4

    And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 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 Kings 16:6

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

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2 Kings 16:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Resín rey de Siria, y Peka hijo de Remalías rey de Israel, subieron á Jerusalem para hacer guerra, y cercar á Achâz; mas no pudieron tomarla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors Retsin, roi de Syrie, et Pékakh, fils de Remalia, roi d’Israël, montèrent à Jérusalem pour lui faire la guerre; et ils assiégèrent Achaz; mais ils ne purent pas le vaincre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Damals zogen Rezin, der König von Syrien, und Pekach, der Sohn Remaljas, der König von Israel, nach Jerusalem hinauf zum Streit; und sie belagerten Ahas, aber sie vermochten nicht wider ihn zu streiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tunc ascendit Rasin rex Syriæ, et Phacee filius Romeliæ rex Israël, in Jerusalem ad præliandum: cumque obsiderent Achaz, non valuerunt superare eum.