At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
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Interpretation
Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 16:5-9.
Glossary
- Rezin Person
- Firm; a prince, a king of Syria, who joined Pekah (q. v. ) in an invasion of the kingdom of Judah ( 2 Kings 15:37 ; 16:5-9 ; Isa. 7:1-8 ). Ahaz induced Tiglath-pileser III.
- Syria Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.
- Edom Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Buseira.
- Elath Place
- Grove; trees, ( Deut. 2:8 ), also in plural form Eloth ( 1 Kings 9:26 , etc. ); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, i. e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of Akabah, of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Aqaba.