2 Kings 16:5-7

5 Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overpower him.

6 At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

7 Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”

2 Kings 16:5-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 16

This chapter contains the reign of Ahaz only, relates his idolatry, 2Ki 16:1-4 his hiring the king of Assyria with the treasure of the temple, and his own, to assist him against the kings of Israel and Syria, who besieged him, 2Ki 16:5-9, his seeing the altar of an idol at Damascus, the fashion of which he took, and ordered one like it to be built at Jerusalem, 2Ki 16:10-16, his defacing and removing some things in the temple, 2Ki 16:17,18, and the chapter is concluded with his death and burial, 2Ki 16:19,20.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 15:37; Isaiah 7:1,4
• 2. Isaiah 9:12
• 3. S 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Chronicles 26:2
• 4. S 2 Kings 15:29
• 5. Isaiah 2:6; Isaiah 10:20; Jeremiah 2:18; Jeremiah 3:1; Ezekiel 16:28; Ezekiel 23:5; Hosea 10:6