So Ahaz sent messengers to (A)Tiglath-Pileser[a] 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.”

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  1. 2 Kings 16:7 A later name of Pul, 2 Kin. 15:19

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, [a]Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria (A)came and took (B)Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he (C)carried them captive to Assyria.

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  1. 2 Kings 15:29 A later name of Pul, v. 19

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

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

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes (B)flesh his [a]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm

(A)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in [a]a son of man, in whom there is no [b]help.
(B)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day (C)his plans perish.

(D)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

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  1. Psalm 146:3 A human being
  2. Psalm 146:3 salvation

20 Also (A)Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser

Assyria Refuses to Help Judah(A)

16 (B)At the same time King Ahaz sent to the [a]kings of Assyria to help him.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:16 LXX, Syr., Vg. king (cf. v. 20)

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

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:26 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser

32 So they wore sackcloth around their waists and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’ ”

And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

33 Now the men were watching closely to see whether any sign of mercy would come from him; and they quickly grasped at this word and said, “Your brother Ben-Hadad.”

So he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-Hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot.

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

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