2 Kings 15:37

37 In those days the LORD began to send against Yehudah Retzin the king of Aram, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.

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 However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Yotam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehudah?

37 In those days the LORD began to send against Yehudah Retzin the king of Aram, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.

38 Yotam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his place.