Discovery Box2 Kings 16:7-10 
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. 16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; 6 he 7 attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people 8 to Kir and executed Rezin.
16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. 9 King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. 10
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 “listened to him.”
7 tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”
8 tn Heb “it.”
9 tn Heb “in Damascus.”
10 tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”
