And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Ahaz. In the first years of his reign the design of the two kings against Judah was carried out, which was formed in Jotham's reign (2 Kings 15:37).
Syria - Hebrew, Aram (Genesis 10:22-23), originally the whole region between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean, including Assyria, of which Syria is an abbreviation; here the region round Damascus, and along mount Libanus.
Jerusalem. An actual siege of it took place, but was foiled (2 Kings 16:5).