At that time did King Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him. ] To Tiglathpileser, and his son, see ( 2 Kings 16:7 ) , and the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the singular, and so the Targum.
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The army left the captives and the plunder in the presence of the officers and the congregation.
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Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
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At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.
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The Edomites came again, attacked Judah, and took captives.
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The Philistines also raided the cities of the Judean foothills and the Negev of Judah and captured Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, Gimzo and its villages, and they lived there.