the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,

the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,

<p class="poetry">Then the <sc>Lordsc> provoked<n id="1" /> their adversaries to attack them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he stirred up<n id="3" /> their enemies &#8211;p>

In those days the <sc>Lordsc> prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> They besieged Ahaz,<n id="2" /> but were unable to conquer him.<n id="3" />

The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people<n id="3" /> to Kir and executed Rezin.p>

<p class="poetry">For Syria&#8217;s leader is Damascus,p> <p class="poetry">and the leader of Damascus is Rezin.p> <p class="poetry">Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.<n id="1" />p>

&#8220;These people<n id="1" /> have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah<n id="2" /> and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.<n id="3" />

(At that time King Rezin of Syria<n id="1" /> recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there.<n id="2" /> Syrians<n id="3" /> arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)

<t /><p class="bodytext">During<n id="1" /> the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it.<n id="3" />p>

Tell him, &#8216;Make sure you stay calm!<n id="1" /> Don&#8217;t be afraid! Don&#8217;t be intimidated<n id="2" /> by these two stubs of smoking logs,<n id="3" /> or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah.