2 Kings 16:7

New Century Version

Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your friend. Come and save me from the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”

Cross References

1 Kings 20:4

Ahab king of Israel answered, “My master and king, I agree to what you say. I and everything I have belong to you.”

2 Kings 15:29

Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria. He attacked while Pekah was king of Israel, capturing the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali and carried the people away to Assyria.

2 Kings 18:7

And the Lord was with Hezekiah, so he had success in everything he did. He turned against the king of Assyria and stopped serving him.

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel made Pul king of Assyria want to go to war. (Pul was also called Tiglath-Pileser.) He captured the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh, and he took them away to Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. They have lived there from that time until this day.

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that time the Edomites came again and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners. So King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help.

2 Chronicles 28:20

Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz, but he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help.

Isaiah 2:6

Lord, you have left your people, the family of Jacob, because they have become filled with wrong ideas from people in the East. They try to tell the future like the Philistines, and they have completely accepted those foreign ideas.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when they appoint as your heads those you had thought were your friends? Won’t you have much pain and trouble, like a woman giving birth to a baby?

Jeremiah 17:5

This is what the Lord says: “A curse is placed on those who trust other people, who depend on humans for strength, who have stopped trusting the Lord.

Lamentations 4:17

Also, our eyes grew tired, looking for help that never came. We kept watch from our towers for a nation to save us.

Ezekiel 16:28

Also, you had sexual relations with the Assyrians, because you could not be satisfied. Even though you had sexual relations with them, you still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 23:12

She also desired the Assyrians, who were all soldiers in beautiful uniforms—handsome young captains and lieutenants riding horses.

Ezekiel 23:5

“While still my wife, Samaria had sexual relations with other men. She had great sexual desire for her lovers, men from Assyria. The Assyrians were warriors and

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us, nor will we trust in our horses. We will not say again, ‘Our gods,’ to the things our hands have made. You show mercy to orphans.”

Hosea 7:11

Israel has become like a pigeon— easy to fool and stupid. First they call to Egypt for help. Then they run to Assyria.