In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali #– #and deported the people to Assyria.
Isaiah 9:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord has raised up Rezin’s adversaries against him and stirred up his enemies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore the Lord has stirred up the adversaries [the Assyrians] of Rezin [king of Syria] against [Ephraim], and He will stir up their enemies and arm and join them together, American Standard Version (1901) Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies, Common English Bible So the LORD raised up their foes against them, and stirred up their enemies— Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord will raise up the enemies of Rezin over him, and he will turn his adversaries into a tumult: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord shall set up the enemies of Rasin over him, and shall bring on his enemies in a crowd: |
In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali #– #and deported the people to Assyria.
So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.
There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendour, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.
Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like rubbish in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah: Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah went to fight against Jerusalem, but they were not able to conquer it.
The chief city of Aram is Damascus, the chief of Damascus is Rezin (within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),