(A)Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him. At that time Rezin king of Syria (B)captured [a]Elath for Syria, and drove the men of Judah from Elath. Then the [b]Edomites went to Elath, and dwell there to this day.

So Ahaz sent messengers to (C)Tiglath-Pileser[c] king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:6 Lit. Large Tree; sing. of Eloth
  2. 2 Kings 16:6 A few ancient mss. Syrians
  3. 2 Kings 16:7 A later name of Pul, 2 Kin. 15:19

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