Melachim Bais 15:37

37 In those days Hashem began to send against Yehudah Retzin Melech Aram, and Pekach Ben Remalyah.

Melachim Bais 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.

Melachim Bais 15:37 In-Context

35 Howbeit the [idolatrous] high places were not removed; the people offered zevakhim and burned ketoret still in the high places. He rebuilt the Sha’ar Beis Hashem HaElyon.
36 Now the rest of the acts of Yotam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L’Malkhei Yehudah?
37 In those days Hashem began to send against Yehudah Retzin Melech Aram, and Pekach Ben Remalyah.
38 And Yotam slept with his avot, and was buried with his avot in Ir Dovid aviv; and Achaz bno reigned as melech in his place.
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