ESV Study Bible | English Standard Version

We’re posting today just one of the 200 or so full-color maps found throughout the ESV Study Bible. Each of the maps comes with a title, date, and description, and is placed alongside the relevant biblical text.

This one is found in 2 Kings 15-16. To see the map, go here. (Just click to enlarge it.) The description found in the ESVSB is as follows.

Syria and Israel Attack Judah
735 B.C.

As the Assyrian Empire expanded westward, Syria and Israel sought to compel Judah and the other nearby states to form an anti-Assyrian alliance. Judah refused, leading Syria and Israel to attack Jerusalem. Syria also wrested Elath from Judah and gave it to the Edomites. The Edomites may have also raided Judah and taken captives at this time (see 2 Chron. 28:17). The Philistines, who may have been part of the anti-Assyrian alliance, attacked Judah as well, capturing several cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb (see 2 Chron. 28:18).

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