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At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from [a]Elath; and the [b]Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.

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. 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:6 Hebrew Eloth.
  2. 2 Kings 16:6 According to another reading, Edomites