2 Tawarikh 28:16

28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king ¹  of Assyria for help.

2 Tawarikh 28:20-21

28:20 King Tiglath-pileser ²  of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. ³  28:21 Ahaz gathered riches ⁴  from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

[28:16]  ¹ tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20.

[28:20]  ² tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.

[28:20]  ³ tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”

[28:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).