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It happened 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 to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
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A Hopeless Situation
Commentators set a dire scene for King Ahaz of Judah. He faced a joint invasion from King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel. Scholars like John Calvin note this was their second attack, coming after a previous defeat had already weakened Judah's army and morale. The two kings besieged Jerusalem, creating a crisis that, from a human perspective, seemed utterly hopeless.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the days of Ahaz - Ahaz began to reign about 738 years before Christ. By a comparison of 2 Kings 16:5 with [Reference 2 Chron…
19th Century
Anglican
We may deal with it as though the Gospel of Saint Matthew had never been written, as though the facts which it records had no place in the history …
Baptist
They were tossed to and fro, bent, thrown down, as the trees of a forest in a tornado. They had already felt the power of these two confederate kin…
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16th Century
Protestant
And it came to pass. Here, a remarkable prophecy is related about the wonderful deliverance of Jerusalem when it appeared to have been utt…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah…
Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves. Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost. They had made …
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13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Here, the threat against the enemies of the two tribes is presented. …
