2 Kings 16:7-8
Context16:7 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.