19 For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made (A)Judah act sinfully[a] and had been very unfaithful to the Lord. 20 So (B)Tiglath-pileser[b] king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 (C)For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help 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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