2 Kings 16:8

Ahaz Assyria

⁶ At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

⁷ 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.”

Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

⁹ So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

¹⁰ Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

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BSB: Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the LORD’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
ASV: And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king`s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
DARBY: And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it [as] a present to the king of Assyria.
BLB: And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and he sent [it] to the king of Assyria—a bribe.

ÅB: Og Ahas tok det sølv og gull som fantes i Herrens hus og i skattkammerne i kongens hus, og sendte det som gave til kongen i Assyria.
OTB: Og Akas tok sølvet og gullet som ble funnet i Herrens hus og i skattkamrene i kongens hus, og sendte det som en gave til kongen av Assyria.
B1930: Og Akas tok det sølv og gull som fantes i Herrens hus og i skattkammerne i kongens hus, og sendte det som gave til kongen i Assyria.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Kings 12:17–18
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
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Psalms 7:15–16
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
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Isaiah 8:7–8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
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2 Kings 16:17–18
King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
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2 Chronicles 28:20–21
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
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2 Chronicles 16:2
So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
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2 Kings 18:15–16
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
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Isaiah 7:17
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
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