SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:9
Y le oyó el rey de Asiria; y subió el rey de Asiria contra Damasco, y la tomó, y trasportó los moradores a Cirene, y mató a Rezín.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 16:9
Verse 9. The king of Assyria hearkened unto him] It is said, 2 Chron. xxviii. 20, that Tilgath-pilneser distressed him, but strengthened him not. Though he came against the Syrians, and took Damascus, and slew Rezin, yet he did not help Ahaz against the Philistines, nor did he lend him any forces to assist against Israel; and he distressed him by taking the royal treasures, and the treasures of the temple, and did him little service for so great a sacrifice. He helped him a little, but distressed him on the whole.
It appears that, about this time, Pekah king of Israel nearly ruined Judea: it is said, 2 Chron. xxviii. 6, that he slew one hundred thousand valiant men in one day; and that he carried away captive to Samaria two hundred thousand women and children, and much spoil; but, at the instance of the prophet Oded, these were all sent back, fed and clothed, 2 Chron. xxviii. 8-16.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 9. And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him , etc.] Complied with his request: for the king of Syria went up against Damascus, and took it ; the metropolis of the kingdom of Syria, and so made a powerful diversion in favour of the king of Judah: and carried the people of it captive to Kir ; not Cyrene, as the Vulgate Latin version, a country belonging to Egypt, which the king of Assyria had no power over; but a place in upper Media, as Josephus relates, which belonged to the Assyrian king; (see Isaiah 22:6), compared with ( Kings 21:2), of this captivity Amos had prophesied some time before, (Amos 1:5) and slew Rezin ; the king of Syria, which also was foretold in the same prophecy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin wa its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves int straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another.
Original Hebrew
וישׁמע 8085 אליו 413 מלך 4428 אשׁור 804 ויעל 5927 מלך 4428 אשׁור 804 אל 413 דמשׂק 1834 ויתפשׂה 8610 ויגלה 1540 קירה 7024 ואת 853 רצין 7526 המית׃ 4191
