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He also sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines on every hill and beneath every shady tree. Then Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah, Remaliah’s son, came up to Jerusalem to fight. They surrounded Ahaz, but they weren’t able to defeat him. At that time Aram’s King Rezin recovered Elath for the Arameans, driving the Judeans out of Elath. The Edomites[a] came to Elath and settled there, and that’s still the case now.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:6 Qere; Kethib Arameans

He offered sacrifices and burned incense(A) at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.(B)

Then Rezin(C) king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overpower him. At that time, Rezin(D) king of Aram recovered Elath(E) for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

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