2 Kings 16:5-6
Contemporary English Version
5-6 (A) While Ahaz was ruling Judah, the king of Edom recaptured the town of Elath from Judah and forced out the people of Judah. Edomites[a] then moved into Elath, and they still live there.
About the same time, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel marched to Jerusalem and attacked, but they could not capture it.
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- 16.5,6 the king of Edom … Edomites: The Hebrew text has “King Rezin of Syria … Syrians”; in Hebrew, there is only one letter difference between “Edom” and “Aram,” which is the usual Hebrew name for Syria in the Bible (see also 2 Chronicles 28.17).
2 Kings 16:6
Contemporary English Version
5-6 (A) While Ahaz was ruling Judah, the king of Edom recaptured the town of Elath from Judah and forced out the people of Judah. Edomites[a] then moved into Elath, and they still live there.
About the same time, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel marched to Jerusalem and attacked, but they could not capture it.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 16.5,6 the king of Edom … Edomites: The Hebrew text has “King Rezin of Syria … Syrians”; in Hebrew, there is only one letter difference between “Edom” and “Aram,” which is the usual Hebrew name for Syria in the Bible (see also 2 Chronicles 28.17).
2 Chronicles 28:5-6
Contemporary English Version
Syria and Israel Attack Judah
(2 Kings 16.5,6)
5-6 (A) Ahaz and the people of Judah sinned and turned away from the Lord, the God their ancestors had worshiped. So the Lord punished them by letting their enemies defeat them.
The king of Syria attacked Judah and took many of its people to Damascus as prisoners. King Pekah[a] of Israel later defeated Judah and killed 120,000 of its bravest soldiers in one day.
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- 28.5,6 Pekah: Hebrew “Pekah son of Remaliah.”
2 Chronicles 28:6
Contemporary English Version
Syria and Israel Attack Judah
(2 Kings 16.5,6)
5-6 (A) Ahaz and the people of Judah sinned and turned away from the Lord, the God their ancestors had worshiped. So the Lord punished them by letting their enemies defeat them.
The king of Syria attacked Judah and took many of its people to Damascus as prisoners. King Pekah[a] of Israel later defeated Judah and killed 120,000 of its bravest soldiers in one day.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 28.5,6 Pekah: Hebrew “Pekah son of Remaliah.”
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