2 Kings 16:7-8

16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent. ¹  March up and rescue me from the power ²  of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked ³  me.” 16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were ⁴  in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute ⁵  to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 16:10

16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. ⁶  King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. ⁷ 

2 Kings 17:23-24

17:23 Finally ⁸  the Lord rejected Israel ⁹  just as he had warned he would do ¹⁰  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

The King of Assyria Populates Israel with Foreigners

17:24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners ¹¹  from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria ¹²  in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

2 Kings 17:27

17:27 So the king of Assyria ordered, “Take back one of the priests whom you ¹³  deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.” ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 18:9

18:9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched ¹⁵  up against Samaria ¹⁶  and besieged it.

2 Kings 18:16

18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated ¹⁷  and gave them to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:30

18:30 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, “The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 19:6

19:6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me. ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 19:10

19:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over ¹⁹  to the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 20:6

20:6 I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’” ²⁰ 

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ²¹  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ²²  killed him at Megiddo ²³  when he saw him.

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¹ tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-pileser’s subject.

² tn Heb “hand, palm.”

³ tn Heb “who have arisen against.”

⁴ tn Heb “that was found.”

⁵ tn Or “bribe money.”

⁶ tn Heb “in Damascus.”

⁷ tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”

⁸ tn Heb “until.”

⁹ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “just as he said.”

¹¹ tn The object is supplied in the translation.

¹² sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.

¹³ tc The second plural subject may refer to the leaders of the Assyrian army. However, some prefer to read “whom I deported,” changing the verb to a first person singular form with a third masculine plural pronominal suffix. This reading has some support from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic witnesses.

¹⁴ tc Heb “and let them go and let them live there, and let him teach them the requirements of the God of the land.” The two plural verbs seem inconsistent with the preceding and following contexts, where only one priest is sent back to Samaria. The singular has the support of Greek, Syriac, and Latin witnesses.

¹⁵ tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).

¹⁶ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁷ tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “by which the servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “will not be given.”

²⁰ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

²¹ tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

²² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²³ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.