2 Chronicles 28:16
Context28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king 1 of Assyria for help.
2 Chronicles 28:20-21
Context28:20 King Tiglath-pileser 2 of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. 3 28:21 Ahaz gathered riches 4 from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.
1 tc Most Hebrew
2 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.
3 tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”
4 tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).