18 (A)And the Philistines had made raids on (B)the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco (C)with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there. 19 For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made (D)Judah act sinfully[a] and had been very unfaithful to the Lord. 20 So (E)Tiglath-pileser[b] king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 Or wildly
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser

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