Isaías 7:1

1 Mensaje para Acaz
Cuando Acaz, hijo de Jotam y nieto de Uzías, era rey de Judá, Rezín, rey de Aram, y Peka, hijo de Remalías, rey de Israel, salieron para atacar a Jerusalén. Sin embargo, no pudieron llevar a cabo su plan.

Isaías 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:1

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of
Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah
Here begins a new prophecy under the reign of another king; who, though a wicked king, had religious ancestors; and who are mentioned, not, as the Jewish writers ^F21 generally say, because it was owing to their worthiness that the enemies of Ahaz could not prevail against him; but because it was under these kings the prophet had prophesied: what is contained in the first five chapters were delivered in the times of Uzziah; and the vision in the sixth was in the times of Jotham, in the beginning of his reign; and what is said here, and in some following chapters, was in the time of Ahaz; so that this is mentioned to fix and carry on the date of the prophecy: [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah king
of Israel, went up towards Jerusalem to war against it;
at the latter end of Jotham's reign, and the beginning of Ahaz's; these two separately came up against Judah, and greatly distressed and afflicted the kingdom, slew many, and carried others captive, ( 2 Kings 15:37 ) ( 2 Chronicles 28:5-7 ) but afterwards, in the third ^F23 or fourth ^F24 year of Ahaz, as it is said, they joined together to besiege Jerusalem, which this refers to, ( 2 Kings 16:5 ) : but could not prevail against it;
or "he could not"; that is, according to Aben Ezra, the king of Israel, Pekah, the son of Remaliah; but, according to Kimchi, it was Rezin king of Syria, who, he says, was the principal in the war, and brought Pekah along with him; but it may very well be understood of them both, since in ( 2 Kings 16:5 ) , the plural number is used; "and they could not"; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Oriental versions here.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Jarchi & Kimchi in loc. & Yalkut Simeoni, ex Bereshit Rabba, sect. 63. fol. 54. 4.
F23 Yalkut Simeoni in loc.
F24 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 23. p. 85. Jarchi in ver. 14.

Isaías 7:1 In-Context

1 Mensaje para Acaz
Cuando Acaz, hijo de Jotam y nieto de Uzías, era rey de Judá, Rezín, rey de Aram, y Peka, hijo de Remalías, rey de Israel, salieron para atacar a Jerusalén. Sin embargo, no pudieron llevar a cabo su plan.

2 A la corte real de Judá había llegado la siguiente noticia: «¡Aram se ha aliado con Israel
en contra de nosotros!». Por eso, el corazón del rey y el de su pueblo temblaron de miedo, como tiemblan los árboles en medio de una tormenta.

3 Entonces el Señor
dijo a Isaías: «Toma a tu hijo Sear-jasub
y ve al encuentro del rey Acaz. Lo encontrarás al final del acueducto que conduce el agua al estanque superior, cerca del camino que lleva al campo donde se lavan
las telas.

4 Dile que deje de preocuparse; que no hay por qué temer a la ira feroz de esos dos tizones apagados que son Rezín, rey de Aram y Peka, hijo de Remalías.

5 Es verdad que los reyes de Aram y de Israel han conspirado contra él diciendo: