Rezin:
(firm).
(1.) King of Damascus. He attacked Jotham during the latter part of his reign (2 Kings 15:37) but his chief war was with Ahaz, whose territories he invaded, in conjunction with Pekah about B.C. 741. Though unsuccessful is his siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 16:5; Isaiah 7:1) he "recovered Elath to Syria." (2 Kings 16:6). Soon after this he was attacked defeated and slain by Tiglath‐pileser II, king of Assyria (2 Kings 16:9).
(2.) One of the families of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah 7:50). (B.C. before 536)
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