Ahaz Seeks Help of Assyria

^7 (A)So Ahaz sent messengers to ^(B)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the ^[a]hand of the king of Aram, and from the ^[b]hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

⁸ And ^(A)Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent a gift to the king of Assyria.

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