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Isaiah 7:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 7 · verse 1
And it came to pass 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 war against it, but could not prevail against it.Isaiah 7:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 7:1 in context
1And it came to pass 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 war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
3Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JothamYôwthâmJotham, the name of three IsraelitesH3147 →
- UzziahʻUzzîyâhUzzijah, the name of five IsraelitesH5818 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- RezinRᵉtsîynRetsin, the name of a Syrian and of an IsraeliteH7526 →
- SyriaʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitantsH758 →
- PekahPeqachPekach, an Israelite kingH6492 →
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The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isa 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was commanded, and yet we have not in this book any of his prophecies dated in the reign of Jotham;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9