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Trouble with Aram

Now Ahaz was the son of Jotham, who was the son of Uzziah. When Ahaz was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to fight against it. But they were not able to defeat the city.

Ahaz king of Judah received a message saying, “The armies of Aram and Israel[a] have joined together.”

When Ahaz heard this, he and the people were frightened. They shook with fear like trees of the forest blown by the wind.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:2 Israel Literally, “Ephraim.” Isaiah often uses “Ephraim” to mean all of Israel.

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