Isaiah 7:1
And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasin king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not + 7:1 Lit. besiege See Heb.take it.
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2 Kings 15:27In the fifty-second year of Azarias king of Juda + 15:27 Gr. reigned.began Phakee the son of Romelias to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years.
2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.
2 Chronicles 28:1Achaz was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.
Psalms 83:3My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.
Isaiah 7:4And thou shalt say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let thy soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.
Isaiah 8:9Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:1
This chapter is an occasional sermon, in which the prophet sings both of mercy and judgment to those that did not perceive or understand either; he piped unto them, but they danced not, mourned unto them, but they wept not. Here is, I. The consternation that Ahaz was in upon an attempt of the confederate forces of Syria and Israel against Jerusalem, ver. 1, 2 . II. The assurance which God, by the prophet, sent him for his encouragement, that the attempt should be defeated and Jerusalem should be preserved, ver.… Read the whole commentary →