KJV King James Version
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
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2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
WEB World English Bible
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”
ASV American Standard Version
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, ‘Thy servant and thy son am I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 16
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome [him].
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאָחָ֜זH271 · a.chazAhazמַלְאָכִ֗יםH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)תִּ֠גְלַתH8407 · tig.lat pil.e.serTiglath-pileserפְּלֶ֤סֶרH8407 · tig.lat pil.e.serTiglath-pileserמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּׁוּר֙H804 · ash.shurAssyriaלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayעַבְדְּךָ֥H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוּבִנְךָ֖H1121 · benson: childאָ֑נִיH589 · a.niIעֲלֵ֨הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִיH3467 · ya.sahto saveמִכַּ֣ףH3709 · kaphpalmמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingאֲרָ֗םH758 · a.ramAramוּמִכַּף֙H3709 · kaphpalmמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelהַקּוֹמִ֖יםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiעָלָֽי׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Lamentations 4:17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].1 Kings 20:4And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I [am] thine, and all that I have.2 Chronicles 28:16At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.1 Chronicles 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.Psalm 146:3-5Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.1 Kings 20:32-33So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother.2 Chronicles 28:20And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.Hosea 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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