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Ahaz Sends for Help from Assyria

(A)So Ahaz sent messengers to (B)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the [a]hand of the king of Aram and from the [b]hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.” (C)Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent a gift to the king of Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm
  2. 2 Kings 16:7 Lit palm

Practical Warnings

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your [a]hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit palms