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2 Kings 16:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

7 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, which rise up against me.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and son. Come up and save me out of the hands of the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

7 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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Common English Bible

7 Ahaz sent messengers to Assyria’s King Tiglath-pileser, saying, “I’m your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the power of the kings of Aram and Israel. Both of them are attacking me!”

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Catholic Public Domain Version

7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians, saying: "I am your servant, and I am your son. Ascend and accomplish my salvation from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up together against me."

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2 Kings 16:7
17 Cross References  

In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.


Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”


Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; we were watching eagerly for a nation that could not save.


Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord.


So King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came against him and oppressed him instead of strengthening him.


At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help.


So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of King Pul of Assyria, the spirit of King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, and he carried them away, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the River Gozan, to this day.


The king of Israel answered, “As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have.”


The Lord was with him; wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.


You have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, for they are full of diviners from the East and of soothsayers like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with foreigners.


You prostituted yourself with the Assyrians because you were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them, and still you were not satisfied.


Oholah prostituted herself while she was mine; she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors


She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, mounted horsemen, all of them handsome young men.


What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you have trained to be your allies? Will not pangs seize you like those of a woman in labor?


Ephraim has become like a dove, silly and without sense; they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.


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