Isaiah 7:1
1 And it came to pass in the days [yowm] of Ahaz ['Achaz] the son [ben] of Jotham, [Yowtham] the
son [ben] of Uzziah, [`Uzziyah] king [melek] of Judah, [Yahuwdah] that Rezin [Ratsiyn] the
king [melek] of Syria, ['Aram] and Pekah [Peqach] the son [ben] of Remaliah, [Ramalyahuw]
king [melek] of Israel, [Yisra'el] went up [`alah] toward
Jerusalem [Yaruwshalaim] to war [milchamah] against it, but could [yakol] not prevail [lacham] against it. KJV-Interlinear
Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son
of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and
Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war
against it, but could not conquer it. NASB
Chapter seven begins with
the mention of Ahaz as king of Judah, and his war with Rezin and Pekah.
In 2 Chron. 28, this same
war is mentioned, but there we are told that prior to Rezin and Pekah, Ahaz had
lost two wars with the Syrians, and once by the northern nation of Israel. That means that Ahaz was in a deep crisis
when Isaiah came to see him.
The period covered here
was approximately in the 730’s B.C.
Rezin was the king of
Damascus. Pekah, was the king of the
northern nation of Israel. And Ahaz was
the king of the southern nation of Judah. These events occurred late in the
reign of Ahaz.
Rezin and Pekah sought an
alliance to hold off the advances of Assyria, and wanted to replace Ahaz with
someone more likeable and friendly to their alliance.
But while Rezin and Pekah
may have had their agenda, the agenda of evil was to get rid of the House of
David and replace it with another family.
This was nothing less than an attack on the dynasty and line of Christ,
and we know that all attempts against Christ come solely from Satan. Satan is the general architect of history in
so far as his attempt to derail Gods plan.
Satan of course fails.
Ahaz had been sending
gifts and accolades to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, in defiance of the
alliance that Rezin and Pekah were trying to form. They descended on Jerusalem, and with Isaiah’s
intervention, were held off.
Then they heard news of
the advance of Assyria and withdrew from Jerusalem. They were later to be defeated and thus the
end came to their kingdoms. Much of this is detailed in 2 Kg. 15. Damascus fell first followed by the
assassination of Pekah leaving most of the northern kingdom of Israel under
Assyrian control. Massive deportations
followed.
Isaiah will advise
neutrality in the matter of Assyria and Syria and Israel, but Ahaz will ignore
that advice.
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