Isaiah 7:1

Ahaz Jotham Pekah Remaliah Rezin Uzziah Jerusalem Syria

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

² When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

³ Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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BSB: Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
KJV: And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
WEB: In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
ASV: And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
DARBY: And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but they were not able to fight against it.
BLB: And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] came up Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, [to] Jerusalem to war against it. He was not able to fight against it.

ÅB: I de dager da Ahas, Jotams sønn og Ussias sønnesønn, var konge i Juda, dro Syrias konge Resin og Pekah, Remaljas sønn, Israels konge, opp mot Jerusalem for å stride imot det; men han[^1] kunne ikke komme til å stride imot det.
OTB: I de dager da Akas, sønn av Jotam, sønn av Ussia, var konge i Juda, dro Resin, kongen av Aram, og Pekah, Remaljas sønn, kongen av Israel, opp mot Jerusalem for å føre krig mot det, men de kunne ikke overvinne det.
B1930: I de dager da Akas, Jotams sønn og Ussias' sønnesønn, var konge i Juda, drog Syrias konge Resin og Pekah, Remaljas sønn, Israels konge, op mot Jerusalem for å stride imot det; men han kunde ikke komme til å stride imot det. / < Resin sammen med Pekah.>

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2 Kings 15:37
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
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2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
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Isaiah 7:4–9
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
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Isaiah 8:6
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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Psalms 83:3–5
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
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Isaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
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Isaiah 1:1
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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2 Kings 15:25
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
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