Re'zin. (firm).
1. King of Damascus. He attacked Jotham, during the latter part of his reign, 2 Kings 15:37, but his chief war was with Ahaz, whose territories, he invaded, in conjunction with Pekah about B.C. 741. Though unsuccessful in his siege of Jerusalem, 2 Kings 16:5; Isaiah 7:1, he "recovered Elath to Syria." 2 Kings 16:6. Soon after this, he was attacked defeated and slain by Tiglath-pileser II, king of Assyria. 2 Kings 16:9.
2. One of the families of the Nethinim. Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah 7:50. (B.C. before 536).
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