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2 Kings 16:7

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So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

So Ahaz {H271} sent {H7971} messengers {H4397} to Tiglathpileser {H8407} king {H4428} of Assyria {H804}, saying {H559}, I am thy servant {H5650} and thy son {H1121}: come up {H5927}, and save {H3467} me out of the hand {H3709} of the king {H4428} of Syria {H758}, and out of the hand {H3709} of the king {H4428} of Israel {H3478}, which rise up {H6965} against me.

Then Achaz sent messengers to Tiglat-Pil'eser king of Ashur with this message: "I am your servant and your son. Come up, and save me from the king of Aram and the king of Isra'el, who are attacking me."

So 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.”

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 15:29 (5 votes)

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26 (2 votes)

    And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

  • Lamentations 4:17 (2 votes)

    As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].

  • 1 Kings 20:32 (2 votes)

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother.

  • 1 Kings 20:33 (2 votes)

    Now the men did diligently observe whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:16 (2 votes)

    ¶ At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

  • Jeremiah 17:5 (2 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.