2 Kings 16:7

New King James Version

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 hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”

Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria shall not save us, We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’ For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

Lamentations 4:17

Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord.

2 Chronicles 28:20

Also Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.

2 Chronicles 28:16

At the same time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.

1 Kings 20:4

And the king of Israel answered and said, “My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours.”

2 Kings 18:7

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

Isaiah 2:6

For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased with the children of foreigners.

Ezekiel 16:28

You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 23:5

“Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,

Ezekiel 23:12

“She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them To be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in labor?

Hosea 7:11

“Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense— They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.