2 Chronicles 28:20

20 Tiglath-Pileser^[a] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.

2 Chronicles 28:20 in Other Translations

20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

20 So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

20 So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him.

20 But the king of Assyria, Tiglath-Pileser, wouldn't help - he came instead and humiliated Ahaz even more by attacking and bullying him.

20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

20 King Tillegath Pilneser of Assyria attacked Ahaz. Instead of strengthening Ahaz, Tillegath Pilneser made trouble for him.

20 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

20 Tiglath-Pileser came to Ahaz. But he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help. Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 28:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:20

And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him
Not to Jerusalem, but to Damascus, where he made a diversion in his favour, and took that city, and where Ahaz met him, ( 2 Kings 16:9 )

and distressed him, but strengthened him not;
exhausted his treasures, and laid a tribute upon him, but did not help him against the Edomites and Philistines, or recover for him the cities they had taken from him; and, in taking Damascus, he served himself more than Ahaz, and paved the way for seizing upon the ten tribes.

2 Chronicles 28:20 In-Context

18 while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.

19 The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

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

21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.

22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 15:29; S 1 Chronicles 5:6
• 2. Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 10:5-6; Isaiah 36:1
• 3. Isaiah 10:20
• 4. S 2 Kings 16:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Tilgath-Pilneser," a variant of "Tiglath-Pileser"