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2 Kings 16:6

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At 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

5 notes on this verse
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 Jerusalem to war

on 2 Kings 16:5-6

Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel besiege Jerusalem and fail to take it, the crisis Isaiah addresses directly to this king in Isaiah 7, where the sign of Immanuel is given against this very siege. In the same campaign Rezin recovers Elath and drives out the people there, and the verse gives the word Jews its first occurrence anywhere in Scripture, naming the losing side of a border skirmish rather than a moment of triumph. Some commentators, following the Septuagint's reading of a word close to Aram in the Hebrew, take the verse as the Edomites recovering Elath rather than the Syrians, a textual question Barnes and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown both note without settling it.

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Recovered Elath to Syria - See the note on 2Ki 14:22.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • 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.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 14:22Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.6 works1 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.4 worksDeuteronomy 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 the Wilderness of Moab.4 works2 Chronicles 26:2Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.4 worksIsaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.4 works2 Chronicles 8:17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 9:26

    King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

    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.

  • Through

    2 Kings 14:22

    Azariah 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.

  • Through

    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…

    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.

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 16 →

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).

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