This document is about Rezin (King of Aram). For other homonyms, please refer to the Rezin document. He was the king of the Aram region. He ruled the Aram region from the late reign of Jotham (King of Judah) until the next king, Ahaz. At that time, he joined forces with Pekah, the king of Northern Israel, and continuously invaded the Southern Kingdom of Judah.
2 Kings 15:37Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
당시 유다 왕 아하스는 하나님을 의지하기 보다 앗수르를 의지하여 그들에게 뇌물을 보내 아람과 북이스라엘을 공격해주기를 요청한다.
Isaiah 7:1David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.Isaiah 7:2Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.Isaiah 7:3Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.Isaiah 7:4Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,Isaiah 7:5“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”Isaiah 7:6This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”Isaiah 7:7For the head of Syria is Damascus), and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people.Isaiah 7:8The head of Ephraim is Samaria), and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’ ”
결국 르신은 앗수르에 의해 멸망당하고 죽임을 당하고 만다.
2 Kings 16:5At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath)) to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.2 Kings 16:6So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”2 Kings 16:7Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.2 Kings 16:8The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.2 Kings 16:9King Ahaz) went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.