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King Ahaz sent a messenger to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, begging him to help him fight the attacking armies of Syria and Israel.[a] Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple and from the royal vaults and sent it as a payment to the Assyrian king.

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  1. 2 Kings 16:7 begging him to . . . fight . . . Syria and Israel, literally, “saying, ‘I am your servant and your son. Come and rescue me.’”

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