2 Chronicles 28:16–23

Assyria Refuses to Help Judah

^16uAt the same time King Ahaz sent to the ⁵kings of Assyria to help him. ¹⁷For again the ^vEdomites had come, attacked Judah, and carried away captives. ^18wThe Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Sochoh with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there. ¹⁹For the Lord ⁶brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of ^xIsrael, for he had ^yencouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the Lord. ²⁰Also ^zTiglath-Pileser ⁷king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him. ²¹For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the Lord, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.

Apostasy and Death of Ahaz

²²Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the Lord. This is that King Ahaz. ²³For ^ahe sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, saying, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them ^bthat they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.