2 Kings 16:6
in 2 Kings 16At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
KJV
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
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This verse in 2 Kings 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Either during the siege, or on breaking up from before Jeruasalem, Rezin made an expedition to the lied Sea coast, and became master of the city which had belonged to Judaea about 70 years (marginal reference). Most moderns render this verse, “Rezin recovered (or restored) Elath to Edom ... and the Edomites came to Elath.” On the resemblance of the words Aram and Edom in the original, see 2Sa 8:12 note.
This site's exposition
came up to wage war against Jerusalem
on 2 Kings 16:5-6
Isaiah 7 gives Ahaz the sign of Immanuel in this siege. Rezin drove out the men of Judah, a Hebrew word rendered Jews in older versions and found here first. Following the Septuagint, some read Edom for Aram, and Barnes and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown leave the question open.
This site's exposition
recovered Elath for Aram
Elath had been Judah's since Azariah rebuilt it at 14:22. Albert Barnes counted about seventy years of Judah's rule there before Rezin took it, during the siege or just after it. Its loss closed Judah's port on the Red Sea.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rezin . . . recovered Elath--which Azariah had got into his possession (2Ki 14:22). the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day--The Septuagint version has "the Edomites," which the most judicious commentators and travellers [ROBINSON] prefer.
Recovered Elath to Syria - See the note on 2Ki 14:22.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּעֵ֣ת | baet | at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֗יא | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הֵ֠שִׁיב | heshiv | he restored | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| רְצִ֨ין | retzin | Rezin | H7526 → | 11 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֤ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֵילַת֙ | ʾeilat | Elath | H359 → | 8 times |
| לַֽאֲרָ֔ם | laaram | to Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥ל | vaynashel | and he cleared out | H5394 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיְהוּדִ֖ים | hayhudim | the Jews | H3064 → | |
| מֵֽאֵיל֑וֹת | meeilot | from Elath | H359 → | 8 times |
| וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙ | vaaramim | and Edomites | H130 → | |
| בָּ֣אוּ | bau | they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵילַ֔ת | ʾeilat | Elath | H359 → | 8 times |
| וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ | vaiyeshevu | and they have dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ פ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
בָּעֵ֣תat the time
baetH6256 →296 times
הַהִ֗יא<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
הֵ֠שִׁיבhe restored
heshivH7725 →1056 times
רְצִ֨יןRezin
retzinH7526 →11 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֤םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֵילַת֙Elath
ʾeilatH359 →8 times
לַֽאֲרָ֔םto Aram
laaramH758 →143 times
וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥לand he cleared out
vaynashelH5394 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיְהוּדִ֖יםthe Jews
hayhudimH3064 →
מֵֽאֵיל֑וֹתfrom Elath
meeilotH359 →8 times
וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙and Edomites
vaaramimH130 →
בָּ֣אוּthey came
bauH935 →2568 times
אֵילַ֔תElath
ʾeilatH359 →8 times
וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּand they have dwelt
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ פ<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:35
They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:8
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- Numbers 33:35
Through
2 Kings 14:22Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 8:17
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:26
Through
Deuteronomy 2:8So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:22
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 11:18
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon.…
- Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- 2 Kings 14:22
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).