John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him , etc.] Complied with his request: for the king of Syria went up against Damascus, and took it ; the metropolis of the kingdom of Syria, and so made a powerful diversion in favour of the king of Judah: and carried the people of it captive to Kir ; not Cyrene, as the Vulgate Latin version, a country belonging to Egypt, which the king of Assyria had no power over; but a place in upper Media, as Josephus relates, which belonged to the Assyrian king; (see Isaiah 22:6), compared with ( Kings 21:2), of this captivity Amos had prophesied some time before, (Amos 1:5) and slew Rezin ; the king of Syria, which also was foretold in the same prophecy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin wa its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves int straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another.
Original Hebrew וישׁמע8085 אליו413 מלך4428 אשׁור804 ויעל5927 מלך4428 אשׁור804 אל413 דמשׂק1834 ויתפשׂה8610 ויגלה1540 קירה7024 ואת853 רצין7526 המית׃4191
