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In those daysבַּיָּמִים הָהֵםYHWHיְהוָהbeganהֵחֵלto sendלְהַשְׁלִיחַagainst JudahבִּיהוּדָהRezinרְצִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Aramאֲרָםand Pekahוְאֵת פֶּקַחsonבֶּןof Remaliah.רְמַלְיָהוּ
2 Kings 15:37
Study it in the app“In those days YHWH began to send against Judah Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah.”
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2 Kings 15:37, word by word
- In those daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- beganהֵחֵלhechel
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appears- to sendהַשְׁלִיחַhashliach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “hashliach” appears- against Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- Rezinרְצִיןretsin
Rezin
Rezin. The name of a king of Aram, in Damascus, who with Pekah of Israel attacked Judah (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5-9; Isaiah 7:1). It is also borne by the ancestor of a family of temple servants (Ezra 2:48).
Where else “retsin” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- and Pekahפֶּקַחpekach
Pekah
Pekah: a name meaning "open (the eyes)," "one who sees." Captain of King Pekahiah; he killed him and reigned twenty years in Samaria (2 Kings 15:25-31). He attacked Judah together with Rezin of Aram (Isaiah 7:1).
Where else “pekach” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Remaliahרְמַלְיָהוּremalyahu
Remaliah
Remaliah: a name the lexicon explains as "YHWH has adorned." Father of Pekah, king of Israel (2 Kings 15:25). In Isaiah 7 Pekah is called simply "the son of Remaliah."
Where else “remalyahu” appears
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The reign of Jotham
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2 Kings 15:32-38
32In year two of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king. 33He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. 34He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH; he did according to all that Uzziah his father had done. 35Only the high places did not go away; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of YHWH. 36The rest of the acts of Jotham that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37In those days YHWH began to send against Judah Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah. 38Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Uzziah his father had done; only he did not enter into the temple of YHWH. But the people were still acting corruptly. 3He built the upper gate of the house of YHWH, and on the wall of the Ophel he built much. 4He built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. 5He fought with the king of the sons of Ammon and prevailed against them, and the sons of Ammon gave him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and of barley ten thousand. This the sons of Ammon paid him also in the second year and the third. 6Jotham grew strong, because he made firm his ways before YHWH his Elohim. 7The rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9Jotham lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
The context
36The rest of the acts of Jotham that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 · This verse (above)
38Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.