Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

2 Kings 16:9

RezinAssyriaDamascusKir

7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

11 And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
KJV
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
WEB
The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
ASV
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
DARBY
And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
BLB
And the king of Assyria listened to him, and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, and he removed it to Kir. And Rezin he killed.
ÅB
Og kongen i Assyria gjorde som han ba; han dro opp og inntok Damaskus og bortførte innbyggerne til Kir og drepte Resin.
OTB
Så hørte kongen av Assyria på hans anmodning; og kongen av Assyria dro opp mot Damaskus og erobret det, og førte folket i eksil til Kir, og henrettet Resin.
B1930
Og kongen i Assyria gjorde som han bad; han drog op og inntok Damaskus og bortførte innbyggerne til Kir og drepte Resin.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 9:7

    “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 22:6

    Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

    Read in context

  • Amos 1:3–5

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 7:16

    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 28:21

    Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 9:11

    The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5

    So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

    Read in context