2 Chronicles 28:16–23

¹⁶At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help. ⁱ¹⁷The Edomites came again, attacked Judah, and took captives. ^j18The Philistines also raided the cities of the Judean foothills ^kand the Negev of Judah ^land captured Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, Gimzo and its villages, and they lived there. ¹⁹For the Lord humbled Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah, ^mwho threw off restraint in Judah and was unfaithful to the Lord. ²⁰Then Tiglath-pileser ^noking of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support. ^p21Although 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.” ^qBut they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.