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.
14
So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.
15
And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.
16
At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.
17
For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.
18
And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.
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