Rezin. Compare Isaiah 7. He and Pekah are the two firebrands of 2 Kings 7:4. The events in verses: 2 Kings 16:5-9 are said by some to contradict 2 Chronicles 28:5-20. but the event recorded in. Chron. happened the year before, directly after (2 Chronicles 28:5-20), in 631 (see App-50.) Rezin and Pekah both attacked directly after his accession (successfully). But they confederated unsuccessfully, came up. Pekah's design to persuade Ahaz failed; and he tried to supersede him himself ("Tabeal" being. cipher for Remaliah). Compare Isaiah 7:6.
could not: because of the promise to David. Compare Isaiah 7:7; Isaiah 7:16.