
Text -- 2 Kings 16:9 (NET)




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JFB -> 2Ki 16:7-9
JFB: 2Ki 16:7-9 - -- In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Isa 7:14; Isa 8:4), that the confederate kings would ...
In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Isa 7:14; Isa 8:4), that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and carried the people of Damascus into captivity to Kir, which is thought to have been the city Karine (now Kerend), in Media.
Clarke -> 2Ki 16:9
Clarke: 2Ki 16:9 - -- The king of Assyria hearkened unto him - It is said, 2Ch 28:20, that Tilgath-pilneser distressed him, but strengthened him not
Though he came agains...
The king of Assyria hearkened unto him - It is said, 2Ch 28:20, that Tilgath-pilneser distressed him, but strengthened him not
Though he came against the Syrians, and took Damascus, and slew Rezin, yet he did not help Ahaz against the Philistines, nor did he lend him any forces to assist against Israel; and he distressed him by taking the royal treasures, and the treasures of the temple, and did him little service for so great a sacrifice. He helped him a little, but distressed him on the whole
It appears that, about this time, Pekah king of Israel nearly ruined Judea: it is said, 2Ch 28:6, that he slew one hundred thousand valiant men in one day; and that he carried away captive to Samaria two hundred thousand women and children, and much spoil; but, at the instance of the prophet Oded, these were all sent back, fed and clothed, 2Ch 28:8-16.
TSK -> 2Ki 16:9
TSK: 2Ki 16:9 - -- am 3264, bc 740
went up : 2Ch 28:5, Foretold, Amo 1:3-5
Damascus : Heb. Dammesek
Kir : Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it ...
am 3264, bc 740
went up : 2Ch 28:5, Foretold, Amo 1:3-5
Damascus : Heb. Dammesek
Kir : Josephus informs us that this place was in Upper Media; and it is clear that it must be understood of some city or country in the dominions of the king of Assyria. It is highly probable that it was the country on the banks of the river

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Barnes -> 2Ki 16:9
Barnes: 2Ki 16:9 - -- The submission of Judah, which Ahaz proffered, would be of the utmost importance in connection with any projects that might be entertained of Egypti...
The submission of Judah, which Ahaz proffered, would be of the utmost importance in connection with any projects that might be entertained of Egyptian conquests. Naturally, Damascus was the first object of attack. It was the head of the confederacy, and it lay nearest to an army descending upon Lower Syria, as all Asiatic armies would descend, from the north. It appears from an inscription of Tiglath-pileser’ s, that Rezin met him in the field, was defeated, and slain. An attack upon Pekah followed. Now probably it was that the entire trans-Jordanic region was overrun: and that the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, were carried into captivity 1Ch 5:26. Megiddo and Dor appear also to have been occupied, and the Arabs of the south chastised. Tiglathpileser then returned to Damascus, where a son of Rezin had assumed the crown; he besieged and took the city, and punished Rezin’ s son with death. Tiglath-pileser appears by one of his inscriptions to have held a court at Damascus, to which it is probable that the tributary kings of the neighborhood were summoned to pay their tributes and do homage for their kingdoms. Among the tributes brought to him at this time, those of Judaea, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Gaza, Ascalon, and Tyre, are mentioned.
Kir - Kir is mentioned by Amos Amo 9:7 as the country from which the Syrians came. It is joined by Isaiah Isa 22:6 with Elam or Elymais. Its position can only be conjectured. Perhaps the word designates a region adjoining Elymais, in the extreme southeastern limits of Assyria.
Poole -> 2Ki 16:9
Poole: 2Ki 16:9 - -- Against Damascus the metropolis of the Syrians, and the head of that kingdom, Isa 7:8 ; as was prophesied, Amo 1:5 .
Kir not Kir of Moab, Isa 15:1 ...
Haydock -> 2Ki 16:9
Haydock: 2Ki 16:9 - -- Cyrene, not in Egypt, where he had no power, but near the river Cyrus, (Calmet) in higher Media. (Josephus) ---
Hebrew, "and took it and carried t...
Cyrene, not in Egypt, where he had no power, but near the river Cyrus, (Calmet) in higher Media. (Josephus) ---
Hebrew, "and took it and carried the inhabitants captives to Kir," (Haydock) whence the Syrians had come originally, Amos ix. 7. Arbaces, who had dismembered Media from the Assyrians empire, was now dead, and the king of Nineve had retaken several cities, occupying Rages, &c., (Tobias i. 16., &c.) before Dejoces mounted the throne, and extended the empire of the Medes. (Usher) ---
The people of Sepharvaim lived also on the borders of Media, chap. xviii. 11.
Gill -> 2Ki 16:9
Gill: 2Ki 16:9 - -- And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him,.... Complied with his request:
for the king of Syria went up against Damascus, and took it; the metropo...
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him,.... Complied with his request:
for the king of Syria went up against Damascus, and took it; the metropolis of the kingdom of Syria, and so made a powerful diversion in favour of the king of Judah:
and carried the people of it captive to Kir; not Cyrene, as the Vulgate Latin version, a country belonging to Egypt, which the king of Assyria had no power over; but a place in upper Media, as Josephus p relates, which belonged to the Assyrian king; see Isa 22:6, compared with 2Ki 21:2, of this captivity Amos had prophesied some time before, Amo 1:5.
and slew Rezin; the king of Syria, which also was foretold in the same prophecy.

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TSK Synopsis -> 2Ki 16:1-20
TSK Synopsis: 2Ki 16:1-20 - --1 Ahaz's wicked reign.5 Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-pileser against them.10 Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to ...
MHCC -> 2Ki 16:1-9
MHCC: 2Ki 16:1-9 - --Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own p...
Matthew Henry -> 2Ki 16:5-9
Matthew Henry: 2Ki 16:5-9 - -- Here is, 1. The attempt of his confederate neighbours, the kings of Syria and Israel, upon him. They thought to make themselves masters of Jerusalem...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 2Ki 16:9
Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 16:9 - --
Tiglath-pileser then marched against Damascus, took the city, slew Rezin, and led the inhabitants away to Kir, as Amos had prophesied (Amo 1:3-5). ...
Constable: 2Ki 9:30--18:1 - --C. The Second Period of Antagonism 9:30-17:41
The kingdoms of Israel and Judah continued without an alli...

Constable: 2Ki 16:1-20 - --15. Ahaz's evil reign in Judah ch. 16
Ahaz reigned for 16 years (732-715 B.C.). Before that he w...
