20 So (A)Tiglath-pileser[a] king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 (B)For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

Ahaz's Idolatry

22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser

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