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2 Chronicles 28:20
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.
2 Chronicles 28:20 · World English Bible
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And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
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In context
17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and also Gimzo and its villages; and they lived there.
19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, because he acted without restraint in Judah and trespassed severely against the LORD.
20 Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.
21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the LORD’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.
22 In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same King Ahaz.
23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.
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