2 Kings 16:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath for Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; the Syrians came to Elath and have dwelt there to this day.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    At that time Rezin, king of Aram, recovered Elath for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. The Edomites moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    At that time{H6256} Rezin{H7526} king{H4428} of Syria{H758} recovered{H7725} Elath{H359} to Syria,{H758} and drove{H5394} the Jews{H3064} from Elath;{H359} and the Syrians{H726} came{H935} to Elath,{H359} and dwelt{H3427} there, unto this day.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    At that time{H6256} Rezin{H7526} king{H4428} of Syria{H758} recovered{H7725}{(H8689)} Elath{H359} to Syria{H758}{(H8675)}{H130}, and drave{H5394}{(H8762)} the Jews{H3064} from Elath{H359}: and the Syrians{H726} came{H935}{(H8804)} to Elath{H359}, and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} there unto this day{H3117}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    At the same tyme dyd Rezin the kynge of Syria, brynge Eloth agayne vnto Syria, and thrust ye Iewes out of Eloth. But the Syrians came & dwelt therin vnto this daye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    At the same time Rezin king of Aram restored Elath to Aram, & droue the Iewes from Elath: so the Aramites came to Elath, and dwelt there vnto this day.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    At the same tyme Rezin king of Syria brought Elath againe to Syria, and ryd the Iewes thence: And the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt therein vnto this day.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    (At that time King Rezin of Syria recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. Syrians arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king rested with his fathers.
  • 2 Chr 26:2 : 2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king passed away.
  • Deut 2:8 : 8 And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath and from Ezion-geber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
  • 1 Kgs 9:26 : 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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    5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

  • Isa 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And it happened 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 make war against it, but could not prevail against it.

    2 And it was reported to the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

  • 2 Kgs 16:7-11
    5 verses
    77%

    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 hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

    8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

    9 The king of Assyria heeded him, for he went up against Damascus, captured it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.

    10 Then king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.

    11 Then Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah the priest made it before king Ahaz came from Damascus.

  • 2 Chr 28:16-17
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    74%

    16 At that time, King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

    17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.

  • 2 Kgs 15:37
    74%

    37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

  • 2 Kgs 13:22
    72%

    22 Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

  • Isa 8:6
    72%

    6 Because this people refuses the waters of Shiloah that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

  • Isa 7:5
    71%

    5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have devised evil against you, saying,

  • 2 Chr 16:7
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    7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

  • 2 Kgs 12:17-18
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    17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Kgs 16:17-19
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    70%

    17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands, removed the lavers from them, and took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones.

    18 He also removed the sabbath canopy they had built in the house, and the king's outer entry, from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

    19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Chr 24:23
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    23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.

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    22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king rested with his fathers.

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    11 Therefore the LORD will set up the adversaries of Rezin against him and join his enemies together;

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    1 In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came against Judah and built Ramah, to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

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  • 2 Kgs 6:24
    69%

    24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 15:29
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  • 2 Chr 22:6
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    6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds that were given to him at Ramah when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel because he was sick.

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    15 And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

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    11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    69%

    1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, reigned.

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    2 verses
    68%

    21 For Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the leaders, and gave it to the king of Assyria, but he did not help him.

    22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.

  • 2 Chr 20:2
    68%

    2 Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from this side of Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

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    19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

  • Isa 36:1
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  • Isa 36:11
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    11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.

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    5 The LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.

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    22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

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    24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

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    18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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    6 So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He will return to you who are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 13:3
    67%

    3 The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad, the son of Hazael, all their days.