2 Kings 16:6

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
time	בָּעֵ֣ת ba.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
Rezin	רְצִ֨ין re.Tzin	H7526	Retsin · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Syria	אֲרָ֤ם 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
recovered	הֵ֠שִׁיב He.shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Elath	אֵילַת֙ 'ei.Lat	H359	Eloth or Elath · proper noun, a place name
Syria	לַֽאֲרָ֔ם la.'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · preposition + proper noun, a place name
drave	וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥ל vay.na.Shel	H5394	to pluck off · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jews	הַיְהוּדִ֖ים hay.hu.Dim	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
Elath	מֵֽאֵיל֑וֹת me.'ei.Lot	H359	Eloth or Elath · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Syrians	אֲרוֹמִי ʼĂrôwmîy	H726	an Edomite (as in the margin)
came	בָּ֣אוּ Ba.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
Elath	אֵילַ֔ת 'ei.Lat	H359	Eloth or Elath · proper noun, a place name
dwelt	וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ vai.Ye.she.vu	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Deuteronomy 2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-g…
1 Kings 9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
2 Chronicles 26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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, Kg2 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 clear of them. Having forsaken God, he had neither courage nor strength to make head against his enemies, nor could he, with any boldness, ask help of God; but he made his court to the king of Assyria, and got…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:6

Rezin . . . recovered Elath--which Azariah had got into his possession (Kg2 14:22). the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day--The Septuagint version has "the Edomites," which the most judicious commentators and travellers [ROBINSON] prefer.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:6

Recovered Elath to Syria - See the note on Kg2 14:22.

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:6

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria,.... A port on the Red sea, that formerly belonged to Edom, taken from them by David, retaken by them when they revolted in Joram's time, and perhaps taken by Amaziah again, since his son Azariah rebuilt it, and restored it to Judah, 2 Kings 14:22 and it seems by this that it had been in the hands of the Syrians, who now recovered it; unless instead of Aram, rendered Syrians, we could substitute Edom, which Le Clerc has ventured to do without any authority: and drave the Jews from Elath; who were in possession of it. This is the first time that the inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah are called Jews, from the name of their original p…

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Dictionary and topics

Ahaz — Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and…
Alliances — On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings alliances became…
Edom — (1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Gen. 25:30, “Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., ‘the red pottage, the red pottage’] ...Therefore was his name called Edom”,…
Ezion-geber — The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah,…
Jew — The name derived from the patriarch Judah, at first given to one belonging to the tribe of Judah or to the separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 16:6; 25:25; Jer. 32:12; 38:19; 40:11; 41:3), in…
Pekah — Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen…
Rezin — 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. to attack Damascus, and this…
Tiglath-Pileser III. — Or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2…
Ahaz · .Kingdom of, inva — .Kingdom of, inva
Elath · By the Syrians — By the Syrians
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2 Kings 16:6

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Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:5-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:6

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:6

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2 Kings 16:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:5-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:6

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 16:5-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 16:6