KJV King James Version
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
WEB World English Bible
In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
ASV American Standard Version
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 15
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בַּיָּמִ֣יםH3117 · yomdayהָהֵ֔םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)הֵחֵ֣לH2490 · cha.lalto boreיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙H7971 · sha.lachto send: departבִּֽיהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahרְצִ֖יןH7526 · re.tsinRezinמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֲרָ֑םH758 · a.ramAramוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]פֶּ֥קַחH6492 · pe.qachPekahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childרְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃H7425 · re.mal.ya.huRemaliah
Cross-references
Isaiah 7:1And 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 16:5Then 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].Luke 21:28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.1 Samuel 3:12In 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.Psalm 78:49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them].Hosea 5:12-13Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.Isaiah 7:8For 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.Jeremiah 43:10And 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.Isaiah 38:1-22In 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.2 Kings 10:32In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;Isaiah 10:5-7O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.Deuteronomy 28:48Therefore 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.2 Chronicles 28:6For 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.Jeremiah 25:29For, 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.Jeremiah 16:16Behold, 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.
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