2 Chronicles 28:18–23

¹⁸The ^sPhilistines also had ^tinvaded the cities of ^uthe low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken ^wBeth-shemesh, and ^xAjalon, and ^yGederoth, and ^zShocho with the ^avillages thereof, and ^bTimnah with the ^avillages thereof, Gimzo also and the ^avillages thereof: and they dwelt there. ¹⁹For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of ^cIsrael; for he ^dmade Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord. ^20*And ^eTilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. ^21fFor Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

²²And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz. ²³For ^ghe sacrificed unto the gods of ^†Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, ^hthat they may help me. But they ⁱwere the ruin of him, and of all ^cIsrael.