Compromise with Assyria

16 (A)At that time King Ahaz sent word to the [a]kings of Assyria for help.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:16 Ancient versions king

16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings[a] of Assyria(A) for help.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Kings 16:7) king

16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

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20 So (A)Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 (B)Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the Lord and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

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20 Tiglath-Pileser[a](A) king of Assyria(B) came to him, but he gave him trouble(C) instead of help.(D) 21 Ahaz(E) took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.(F)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser

20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

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