2 Reyes 16:6

6 En esos días, el rey de Edom
recuperó la ciudad de Elat para Edom.
Expulsó a la gente de Judá y mandó a edomitas
a habitar el lugar, y allí viven hasta el día de hoy.

2 Reyes 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:6

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria
A port on the Red sea, that formerly belonged to Edom, taken from them by David, retaken by them when they revolted in Joram's time, and perhaps taken by Amaziah again, since his son Azariah rebuilt it, and restored it to Judah, ( 2 Kings 14:22 ) and it seems by this that it had been in the hands of the Syrians, who now recovered it; unless instead of Aram, rendered Syrians, we could substitute Edom, which Le Clerc has ventured to do without any authority:

and drave the Jews from Elath;
who were in possession of it. This is the first time that the inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah are called Jews, from the name of their original patriarch, and principal tribe; though some think ^F13 they had this name from the time this tribe went up first against the Canaanites, ( Judges 1:1 Judges 1:2 ) , however, it is a mistake of R. Elias Levita ^F14, that it is never found in the Bible they were called Jews, but from the time the ten tribes were carried captive, and not before; and a greater mistake still it is of Tacitus {o}, that they were called Jews or Judaeans, as if they were Idaeans from Mount Ida in Crete, from whence he supposes they came:

and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day;
the marginal reading is Edomites; and so read the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; and Kimchi observes that it is written "Aramim", Syrians, because the king of Syria took it, and by his means the Edomites returned to it, but is read "Edomim", Edomites, because it belonged to the children of Edom; and it is certain the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, ( 2 Chronicles 28:17 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Polydor. Virgil. de Invent. l. 4. c. 1.
F14 Tishbi, p. 143. So David de Pomis Lexic. fol. 83. 4.
F15 Hist. l. 5. sect. 2.

2 Reyes 16:6 In-Context

4 Ofreció sacrificios y quemó incienso en los santuarios paganos, en las colinas y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.

5 Entonces el rey Rezín de Aram y el rey Peka de Israel subieron hacia Jerusalén para atacarla. Sitiaron a Acaz pero no pudieron vencerlo.

6 En esos días, el rey de Edom
recuperó la ciudad de Elat para Edom.
Expulsó a la gente de Judá y mandó a edomitas
a habitar el lugar, y allí viven hasta el día de hoy.

7 El rey Acaz envió mensajeros a Tiglat-pileser, rey de Asiria, con este mensaje: «Yo soy tu siervo y tu vasallo.
Sube a rescatarme de los ejércitos de Aram e Israel, que me atacan».

8 Después Acaz tomó la plata y el oro del templo del Señor
y del tesoro del palacio y envió todo como pago al rey de Asiria.