2 Chronicles 28:16–23

¹⁶At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.^{j 17}The Edomites came again, attacked Judah, and took captives.^{k 18}The Philistines also raided the cities of the Judean foothills^B and the Negev of Judah.^l They captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their surrounding villages. ¹⁹For the Lord humbled Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah,^A who threw off restraint in Judah and was unfaithful to the Lord. ²⁰Then King Tiglath-pileser^m of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.^{n 21}Although Ahaz plundered the Lord’s temple and the palace of the king and of the rulers and gave the plunder to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

²²At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord. ²³He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him; he said, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me.”^o But they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.