2 Kings 16:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

Here is, 1. The attempt of his confederate neighbours, the kings of Syria and Israel, upon him. They thought to make themselves masters of Jerusalem, and to set a king of their own in it, Isa. 7:6. In this they fell short, but the king of Syria recovered Elath, a considerable port upon the Red Sea, which Amaziah had taken from the Syrians, 2 Kgs. 14:22. What can those keep that have lost their religion? Let them expect, thenceforward, to be always on the losing hand. 2. His project to get... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5

Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war ,.... To fight with Ahaz, moved to it by the Lord, to chastise Ahaz for his idolatry, 2 Kings 15:37 . but could not overcome him ; so as to take Jerusalem, and set up another king there, as their scheme was, Isaiah 7:5 though they had both at other times got great advantages over him, and slew many of his people, and carried them captive, see 2 Chronicles 28:5 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:5

But could not overcome him - It is likely that this was the time when Isaiah was sent to console Ahaz; (see Isaiah 7:1 ;); and predicted the death both of Rezin and Pekah, his enemies. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH . WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN . EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH - PILESER AGAINST THEM . RELIGIOUS CHANGES MADE BY AHAZ . HIS DEATH . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

Steps in a downward path: the reign of Ahaz. In the opening chapters of Isaiah we have an account of the condition of the kingdom of Judah at the time that Ahaz succeeded to the throne. The prosperity which the country had enjoyed under Uzziah had been continued and increased under the righteous reign of his son Jotham. And now the grandson, Ahaz, a young man of twenty, finds the country abounding in wealth, full of silver and gold. Isaiah says there was no end of their treasure; their land... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

A people's king and priest; or, kinghood and priesthood. "In the seventeenth year of Pekah," etc. Throughout all lands, almost throughout all times, two functionaries have been at the head of the peoples, too often treading them down by oppression, and fattening on them by their greed. One of these functionaries was not, among the Jews, of Divine ordinations; for the Almighty is represented as saying, "They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not." Let... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5

Then Rezin King of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah King of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war. The alliance between Rezin and Pekah has been already glanced at ( 2 Kings 16:1-20 :37). It began, apparently, in the reign of Jotham. The policy which brought it about was one that was entirely new. Since Syria developed an aggressive tendency under the first Ben-hadad ( 1 Kings 20:1 ), there had till now been no alliance made with her by either of the two Israelite kingdoms. She had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-6

War of Ahazleith Pekah and Rezin. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-7

God's punishments of a nation's sins are often long delayed, but, when they come, it is not by degrees, but suddenly, violently, and at once. This subject may best be treated, as the last, under three heads, viz. I. THE SINS OF JUDAH . Though, on the whole, less guilty than her sister, Ephraim, still Judah had, from the division of the kingdom of Solomon, been more or less unfaithful to Jehovah in several respects. 1. An unauthorized and illegitimate high-place worship,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

The-Syro-Israelitish war. Again was the truth to be verified that national sins bring in their train national calamities. God is not mocked. He vindicates the reality of his moral government by visiting the transgressor with manifest strokes of his displeasure. In addition to the invasion of Pekah and Rezin spoken of below, we read of assaults of the Edomites and of the Philistines, by which Judah was brought very low ( 2 Chronicles 28:17-19 ). The kingdom also was brought into a state of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 16:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 16:5-9

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