2 Kings 16 · Verse 9

2 Kings 16:9

And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
2 Kings 16:9, King James Version

2 Kings 16:9 in other translations

BSBSo the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
WEBThe king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
ASVAnd the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
YLTAnd hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth the people of it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.
DARBYAnd the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
BBEAnd the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
WebsterAnd the king of Assyria hearkened to him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

What does 2 Kings 16:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:7-9

7-9. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser--In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Is 7:14; 8:4), that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and carried the people of…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The king of Assyria hearkened unto him - It is said, 2Chr 28:20, that Tilgath-pilneser distressed him, but strengthened him not. Though he came against the Syrians, and took Damascus, and slew Rezin, yet he did not help Ahaz against the Philistines, nor did he lend him any forces to assist against Israel; and he distressed him by taking the royal treasures, and the treasures of the temple, and did him little service for so great a sacrifice. He helped him a little, but distressed him on the whole. It appears that, about this time, Pekah king of Israel nearly ruined Judea: it is said, 2Chr 28:6, that he slew one hundred thousand valiant men in one day; and that he carried away captive to Samaria two hundred thousand women and children, and much spoil; but, at the instance of the prophet Oded, these were all sent back, fed and clothed, 2Chr 28:8-16.

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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 16:9 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'and he listenedH8085
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
וַיַּעַל֩vai.ya.'Aland he came upH5927
מֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁ֤וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
אֶל\־'el-toH413
דַּמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙da.Me.sekDamascusH1834
וַֽיִּתְפְּשֶׂ֔הָvai.yit.pe.Se.haand he seized itH8610
וַיַּגְלֶ֖הָvai.yag.Le.haand he took into exile itH1540
קִ֑ירָהKi.rahKir towardsH7024
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
רְצִ֖יןre.TzinRezinH7526
הֵמִֽית\׃he.Mithe put to deathH4191

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Cross references for 2 Kings 16:9

  • Amos 9:7

    Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

  • Isaiah 22:6

    And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

  • Amos 1:3-5

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben–hadad. I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 7:16

    For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:21

    For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

  • Isaiah 9:11

    Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. went up.
2Ch 28:5
Foretold.
Am 1:3-5
Damascus. Heb. Dammesek. Kir.Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it is clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it was the country on the banks of the river [Kuros,] Cyrus, or Kyrus, now called Kur, or Kura; and we find cities called Cyropolis, Cyrena, and Carine, mentioned by writers as lying in these parts, and a part of Media, called Syromedia, as it is thought, from the Syrians who were carried captive thither.
Isa 22:6; Am 9:7
slew Rezin.
Isa 7:16; 9:11

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Context

  • 2 Kings 16:8

    And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 16:9

    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

  • 2 Kings 16:10

    And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

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2 Kings 16:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y atendióle el rey de Asiria; pues subió el rey de Asiria contra Damasco, y tomóla, y trasportó los moradores á Kir, y mató á Resín.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi d’Assyrie l’écouta; et le roi d’Assyrie monta à Damas, et la prit, et en transporta les habitants à Kir, et fit mourir Retsin.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König von Assyrien hörte auf ihn; und der König von Assyrien zog hinauf wider Damaskus und nahm es ein und führte seine Einwohner weg nach Kir; und Rezin tötete er.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui et acquievit voluntati ejus: ascendit enim rex Assyriorum in Damascum, et vastavit eam, et transtulit habitatores ejus Cyrenen: Rasin autem interfecit.