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The Idolatry of Ahaz

2 Chronicles 28:20

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser, a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser
KJV
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
WEB
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.
ASV
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
LSV
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur comes to him, and does distress him, and has not strengthened him,
YLT
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,
DBY
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.
DRC
And he brought, against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.
GNV
And Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur came vnto him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.
JPS
And Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
LXXE
And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֣א עָלָ֔יו תִּלְּגַ֥ת פִּלְנְאֶ֖סֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיָּ֥צַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֥א חֲזָקֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν Θαλγαφελλασὰρ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσοὺρ, καὶ ἔθλιψεν αὐτόν.

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  • 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as…
  • Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah,…
  • Isaiah 30:3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
  • Jeremiah 2:37Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
  • Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
  • 2 Kings 17:5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
  • Isaiah 7:20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
  • 2 Kings 16:7–10So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” Ahaz also took the…

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