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2 Kings 16:5

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

KJV

Tunc ascendit Rasin rex Syriæ, et Phacee filius Romeliæ rex Israël, in Jerusalem ad præliandum : cumque obsiderent Achaz, non valuerunt superare eum.

Vulgate

Τότε ἀνέβη Ῥαασσὼν βασιλεὺς Συρίας καὶ Φάκεε υἱὸς Ῥομελίου βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπὶ Ἀχάζ, καὶ οὐκ ἐδύναντο πολεμεῖν.

LXX

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

ASV

אָ֣ז יַעֲלֶ֣ה רְצִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ אֲ֠רָם וּ/פֶ֨קַח בֶּן רְמַלְיָ֧הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַ/יָּצֻ֨רוּ֙ עַל אָחָ֔ז וְ/לֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לְ/הִלָּחֵֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AhazPekah

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֔ם
'rm
proper_noun · 133×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
אָחָ֥ז
'chz
proper_noun · 41×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הִלָּחֵ֖ם
hlchm
verb · 177×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יָּ֥צַר
ytsr
verb · 36×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶּ֨קַח
pqch
proper_noun · 11×
רְמַלְיָֽהוּ
rmlyhv
proper_noun · 13×
רְצִ֖ין
rtsyn
proper_noun · 11×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 28:5 — Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also deli
  • 2Kgs 15:37 — In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
  • 2Kgs 15:37 — In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
  • Ezek 16:57 — Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
  • Isa 7:1 — And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to wa
  • Isa 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Isa 8:9 — Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken i
  • Isa 8:12 — Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
  • Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin