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Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent.[a] March up and rescue me from the power[b] of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked[c] me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:7 tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-Pileser’s subject.
  2. 2 Kings 16:7 tn Heb “hand, palm.”
  3. 2 Kings 16:7 tn Heb “who have arisen against.”