Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 King 16:5

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 King 16:5 - 16:5

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 King 16:5 - 16:5

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

16:1 - 16:1
16:2 - 16:2
16:3 - 16:3
16:5 - 16:5
16:6 - 16:6
16:7 - 16:7
16:8 - 16:8
16:10 - 16:10
16:11 - 16:11
16:12 - 16:12
16:13 - 16:13
16:14 - 16:14
16:15 - 16:15
16:16 - 16:16
16:17 - 16:17
16:18 - 16:18
16:19 - 16:19
16:20 - 16:20

Rezin. Compare Isa 7. He and Pekah are the two firebrands of 2Ki_7:4. The events in verses: 2Ki_16:5-9 are said by some to contradict 2Ch_28:5-20; but the event recorded in 2 Chron. happened the year before, directly after (2Ch_28:5-20), in 631 (see App-50.) Rezin and Pekah both attacked directly after his accession (successfully). But they confederated unsuccessfully, came up. Pekah's design to persuade Ahaz failed; and he tried to supersede him himself ("Tabeal" being a cipher for Remaliah). Compare Isa_7:6.

could not: because of the promise to David. Compare Isa_7:7, Isa_7:16.