Is Pekah, the son of Remaliah. Neither had the nation they governed with them in this selfish enterprise. In fact, there was no Syria, no Ephraim; only two smoking firebrands (v. 4), who assumed an authority to speak for those nations which they did not have. The Prophet was commissioned to tell Ahaz that the Lord had decided that their plot would not succeed. (v. 7) That was another reason why he need not fear.