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A Calculated Political Attack
Commentators explain this attack was not random. The kings of Syria and Israel were forming an anti-Assyrian coalition and wanted to force Judah to join. Their plan, detailed in Isaiah 7, was to dethrone King Ahaz and install a puppet ruler. This context is key to understanding the political pressures Ahaz faced.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 16:5
18th Century
Theologian
Rezin and Pekah, who had already begun their attacks upon Judea in the reign of Jotham (2 Kings 15:37), regarded the accession of a boy…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 16:5
19th Century
Bishop
Then Rezin king of Syria ... to war.—This verse agrees almost word for word with Isaiah 7:1. The…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 16:5
17th Century
Pastor
Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war To fight with Ahaz, moved…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 16:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them will go anywhere in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own …