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2 Kings 16:6

2 Kings 16:6 is verse 6 of 2 Kings chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

Elath is a variant of Eloth; see 1 Kings 9:26.

Or Syria

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King James 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.

World English Bible

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

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2 Kings 16:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

6 At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

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 hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

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Hebrew words

בָּעֵ֣תat the timeהַהִ֗יא<the> thatהֵ֠שִׁיבhe restoredרְצִ֨יןRezinמֶֽלֶךְ[the] king ofאֲרָ֤םAramאֶת<obj.>אֵילַת֙Elathלַֽאֲרָ֔םto Aramוַיְנַשֵּׁ֥לand he cleared outאֶת<obj.>הַיְהוּדִ֖יםthe Jewsמֵֽאֵיל֑וֹתfrom Elathוַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙and Edomitesבָּ֣אוּthey cameאֵילַ֔תElathוַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּand they have dweltשָׁ֔םthereעַ֖דuntilהַיּ֥וֹםthe dayהַזֶּֽה<the> this

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Kings 14:22

Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

Deuteronomy 2:8

So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

1 Kings 9:26

King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

2 Chronicles 26:2

Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

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