¹⁶At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him. ¹⁷And again the Edomites came and smote Judah, and carried away captives. ¹⁸And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the south of Judah, and took Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Socho and its dependent villages, and Timnah and its dependent villages, and Guimzo and its dependent villages; and they dwelt there. ¹⁹For Jehovah humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah lawless, and transgressed much against Jehovah. ²⁰And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him. ²¹For Ahaz stripped the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave to the king of Assyria; but he was of no help to him. ²²And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. ²³And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

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