Study it in the app“It happened in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Aram went up, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but he could not fight against it.”
It happenedוַיְהִיin the daysבִּימֵיof Ahazאָחָזsonבֶּןof Jotham,יוֹתָםsonבֶּןof Uzziah,עֻזִּיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהthat Rezinרְצִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Aramאֲרָםwent up,עָלָהand Pekahוּפֶקַחsonבֶּןof Remaliah,רְמַלְיָהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלto Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםto wage warלַמִּלְחָמָהagainst it,עָלֶיהָbut he could notוְלֹא יָכֹלfightלְהִלָּחֵםagainst it.עָלֶיהָ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsAhaz
Ahaz: a name meaning "he has grasped" (short form of Jehoahaz). King of Judah, son of Jotham and father of Hezekiah (2 Kings 15:38; 16); also a descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:35).
Where else “achaz” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJotham
Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, the only one who escaped the slaughter of his brothers. Later a king of Judah bore the same name (2 Kings 15:32). It means "YHWH is perfect."
Where else “yotam” appearsUzziah
Uzziah: a name meaning "my strength is YHWH." Another name of King Azariah of Judah (2 Kings 15:13, 30, 32; Isaiah 6:1); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:24; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “uziyahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
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 “yehuda” appearsRezin
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” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsPekah
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 “fekach” appearsRemaliah
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” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachol” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
1 · This verse (above)
2And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Aram has settled on Ephraim.” And his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
