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Rezin
A person of the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah, first named at 2 Kings 15:37.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
Archaeology — physical evidence · 1
Life, role & deeds
BibleThe last king of Aram-Damascus, who joined Pekah of Israel against Judah — the crisis behind Isaiah's 'Immanuel' sign to Ahaz.
2 Kings 16:5–6; Isaiah 7:1–9
Death & legacy
Unknown artistUnknown artist — Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
ArchaeologyTiglath-Pileser III records taking Damascus and killing Rezin in 732 BC, ending the Aramean kingdom — just as Kings reports.
Annals and Summary Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III recording the 733/732 BC campaign against Aram-Damascus and the fall of Rahianu (Rezin); critical ed. H. Tadmor, 'The Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria' (Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994). Cf. 2 Kings 16:9.