2 Tawarikh 28:16-21

28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king ¹  of Assyria for help. 28:17 The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives. 28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands ²  and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages. 28:19 The Lord humiliated ³  Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, ⁴  for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very ⁵  unfaithful to the Lord. 28:20 King Tiglath-pileser ⁶  of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. ⁷  28:21 Ahaz gathered riches ⁸  from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

[28:16]  ¹ tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20.

[28:18]  ² tn Heb “Shephelah.”

[28:19]  ³ tn Or “subdued.”

[28:19]  ⁴ sn That is, “of Judah.” Frequently in 2 Chronicles “Israel” is substituted for “Judah.”

[28:19]  ⁵ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the degree of Ahaz’s unfaithfulness.

[28:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.

[28:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”

[28:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).