2 Chronicles 28:20

20 Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.

2 Chronicles 28:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
ESV
20 So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.
NLT
20 So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him.
MSG
20 But the king of Assyria, Tiglath-Pileser, wouldn't help - he came instead and humiliated Ahaz even more by attacking and bullying him.
CSB
20 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

2 Chronicles 28:20 In-Context

18 while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.
19 The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.
21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.
22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S 2 Kings 15:29; S 1 Chronicles 5:6
  • 2. Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 10:5-6; Isaiah 36:1
  • 3. Isaiah 10:20
  • 4. S 2 Kings 16:7

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew "Tilgath-Pilneser," a variant of "Tiglath-Pileser"
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