Bible verse
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
2 Chronicles 28:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Chronicles 28.
16 At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
17 The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
18 The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
19 For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
20 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
21 Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
22 In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
23 Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
24 Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
KJV
And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
ASV
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
ERV
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
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