In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Jan-oah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
2 Chronicles 28:20 - Revised Standard Version So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him, and afflicted him instead of strengthening 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. |
In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Jan-oah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king 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.
Be-erah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chieftain of the Reubenites.
So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
but you said, “No! We will speed upon horses,” therefore you shall speed away; and, “We will ride upon swift steeds,” therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria.”
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor which is hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
How lightly you gad about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
From it too you will come away with your hands upon your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
You played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yea, you played the harlot with them, and still you were not satisfied.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.