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Isaiah 7:1
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative situates the reader in Judah during the reign of King Ahaz, son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah. It records the historical moment when Rezin king of Aram and Pekah king of Israel march against Jerusalem.
The words — בִּ/ימֵ֣י (bi./Mei) fixes the event within a specific chronological framework, while מֶ֣לֶךְ (Me.lekh) establishes the political authority of the opposing commanders.
The thread — The same coalition is documented in 2 Kings 15:37 and 2 Kings 16:1, which cross-reference the chronology of Ahaz’s accession. The pattern of external powers conspiring against God’s people aligns with the structural warning in Psalms 83:3.
Why it lands — The text reports a military campaign that failed to capture Jerusalem, requiring the reader to acknowledge the concrete historical threat before the prophetic dialogue that follows. It demands attention to the precise political timeline that frames the subsequent divine instruction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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 war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 15:37 (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
- 2 Kings 16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
- Psalms 83:3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
- Isaiah 1:1 This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isaiah 7:4 and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 8:6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
- Isaiah 8:9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- 2 Kings 15:25 Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.