2 Chronicles 28:20 - Easy To Read Version Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and gave Ahaz trouble instead of helping him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him without strengthening him. American Standard Version (1901) And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. Common English Bible Assyria’s King Tiglath-pileser came to Ahaz, but he brought trouble, not support. Catholic Public Domain Version And he led against him Tilgath-pilneser, the king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him and laid waste to him, without resistance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he brought, against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance. |
Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came to fight against Israel. This was during the time that Pekah was king of Israel. Tiglath Pileser captured Ijon, Abel Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the area of Naphtali. Tiglath Pileser took the people from these places as prisoners to Assyria.
The king of Assyria attacked many places in Israel. Then he came to Samaria. He fought against Samaria for three years.
The God of Israel made Pul want to go to war. Pul was the king of Assyria. He was also called Tiglath Pileser. He fought against the people from the family groups of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad. He forced them to leave their homes and made them prisoners. Pul brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. Those family groups from Israel have lived in those places since that time until today.
Beerah was Baal’s son. Tiglath Pileser, the king of Assyria, forced Beerah to leave his home. So Beerah became the king’s prisoner. Beerah was a leader of the family group of Reuben.
So the messengers took the king’s letters all through Israel and Judah. This is what those letters said:
You say, “No, we need horses to run away on!” That is true—you will run away on horses. But the enemy will chase you. And the enemy will be faster than your horses.
“But I tell you, hiding in Egypt will not help you. Egypt will not be able to protect you.
But \{you should be afraid of the Lord. Why? Because\} the Lord will bring some troubled times to you. Those troubles will come to your people and to the people of your father’s family. \{What will God do?\} God will bring the king of Assyria {\cf2\super [89]} to fight against you.
The Lord will use Assyria to punish Judah. Assyria will be hired and used like a razor. It will be like the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah’s head and legs. It will be like the Lord is shaving off Judah’s beard. {\cf2\super [91]}
It is so easy for you to change your mind.\par Assyria disappointed you,\par \{so you left Assyria\par and went to Egypt for help.\}\par But Egypt will also disappoint you.\par
So you will eventually leave Egypt, too.\par And you will hide your face in shame.\par You trusted those countries.\par But the Lord rejected those countries,\par
Then you went to have sex with Assyria. {\cf2\super [124]} You could not get enough. You were never satisfied.
Ephraim saw his sickness,\par and Judah saw his wound.\par So they went to Assyria for help.\par They told their problems to the great king.\par But that king can’t heal you.\par He can’t cure your wound.\par