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He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem for war. They laid siege to Ahaz, but they could not defeat him. At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elat for Edom,[a] and he drove the people of Judah away from Elat. Then Edomites[b] came to Elat, and they have lived there to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:6 The main Hebrew reading is Aram, but Elat had formerly been an Edomite possession not an Aramean possession. In Hebrew script the words Aram and Edom look alike.
  2. 2 Kings 16:6 Variant 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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