2 Kings 15:37

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

2 Kings 15:37 in Other Translations

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

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

37 In those days the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel to attack Judah.

37 It was during these years that God began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.

37 In those days the Lord began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

2 Kings 15:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:37

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.

2 Kings 15:37 In-Context

35 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the LORD.

36 As for the other events of Jotham’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

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

38 Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 16:5; Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 9:11