⁷ Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser^(A) king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save^(B) me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” ⁸ And Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as a gift^(C) to the king of Assyria. ⁹ The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus^(D) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir^(E) and put Rezin to death.

¹⁶ At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings^[a] of Assyria^(A) for help.