2 Kings 15:37

15:37 In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. ¹ 

2 Kings 16:5

16:5 At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem. ²  They besieged Ahaz, ³  but were unable to conquer him. ⁴ 

2 Kings 16:9

16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; ⁵  he ⁶  attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people ⁷  to Kir and executed Rezin.

2 Kings 16:6

16:6 (At that time King Rezin of Syria ⁸  recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. ⁹  Syrians ¹⁰  arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)

[15:37]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin…and Pekahiah….”

[16:5]  ² tn Heb “went up to Jerusalem for battle.”

[16:5]  ³ tn That is, Jerusalem, Ahaz’s capital city.

[16:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “they were unable to fight.” The object must be supplied from the preceding sentence. Elsewhere when the Niphal infinitive of לָחָם (lakham) follows the verb יָכֹל (yakhol), the infinitive appears to have the force of “prevail against.” See Num 22:11; 1 Sam 17:9; and the parallel passage in Isa 7:1.

[16:9]  ³ tn Heb “listened to him.”

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “it.”

[16:6]  ⁴ tc Some prefer to read “the king of Edom” and “for Edom” here. The names Syria (Heb “Aram,” אֲרָם, ’aram) and Edom (אֱדֹם, ’edom) are easily confused in the Hebrew consonantal script.

[16:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “from Elat.”

[16:6]  ⁶ tc The consonantal text (Kethib), supported by many medieval Hebrew mss, the Syriac version, and some mss of the Targum and Vulgate, read “Syrians” (Heb “Arameans”). The marginal reading (Qere), supported by the LXX, Targums, and Vulgate, reads “Edomites.”