2 Chronicles 28:20 “Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him ra…”

2 Chronicles 28:20

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

World English Bible

Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.

American Standard Version

And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur came vnto him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.

Darby Translation

And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.

Young's Literal Translation

And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,

Bible in Basic English

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3264. B.C. 740. Tilgath-pilneser”

2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 16:7–10

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Kings 16:7–10 · BSB

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

“Tiglath-pileser”

1 Chronicles 5:26 Hosea 5:13

1 Chronicles 5:26 · BSB

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, H…

Hosea 5:13 · BSB

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

“distressed him”

Isaiah 30:16 2 Kings 17:5 Isaiah 7:20 Isaiah 30:3 Jeremiah 2:37

Isaiah 30:16 · BSB

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

2 Kings 17:5 · BSB

Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

Isaiah 7:20 · BSB

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

Isaiah 30:3 · BSB

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Jeremiah 2:37 · BSB

Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

21Although 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.

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