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2 Chronicles 28:16-22

28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king¹ of Assyria for help. 28:17 The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives. 28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands² and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages. 28:19 The Lord humiliated³ Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel,⁴ for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very⁵ unfaithful to the Lord. 28:20 King Tiglath-pileser⁶ of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.⁷ 28:21 Ahaz gathered riches⁸ from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

28:22 During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

¹tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20.

²tn Heb “Shephelah.”

³tn Or “subdued.”

⁴sn That is, “of Judah.” Frequently in 2 Chronicles “Israel” is substituted for “Judah.”

⁵tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the degree of Ahaz’s unfaithfulness.

⁶tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.

⁷tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”

⁸tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).

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