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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Isaiah 7:1 → 1 Kings 16:5

Echo

Later text

Isaiah 7:1BSB

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Earlier text

1 Kings 16:5BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Significance

The connection between 1 Kings 16:5 and Isaiah 7:1 involves the Syro-Ephraimite coalition. While 1 Kings 16:5 records the earlier military activities of Baasha king of Israel, Isaiah 7:1 describes a later but analogous situation: Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel march against Jerusalem during Ahaz's reign. The echo lies in the recurring pattern of northern Israel collaborating with Aramean powers against Judah — a geopolitical dynamic that spans the divided monarchy. Isaiah 7:1 transforms this military threat into the occasion for the Immanuel prophecy (Isa 7:14), turning political crisis into messianic revelation.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None