2 Chronicles 28:20

Bible in Basic English

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

Hebrew Names Version
Tilgat-Pilne'eser king of Ashshur came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him.

King James Version
And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

English Standard Version
So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

New Century Version
Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz, but he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help.

New English Translation
King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.

Amplified Bible
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and harassed him instead of strengthening and supporting him.

New American Standard Bible
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

World English Bible
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur came vnto him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and distressed him instead of strengthening him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

Contemporary English Version
So Tiglath Pileser came to Judah, but instead of helping, he made things worse.

Complete Jewish Bible
Tilgat-Piln'eser king of Ashur attacked and besieged Achaz instead of strengthening him —

Darby Translation
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.

Easy-to-Read Version
King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria came and gave Ahaz trouble instead of helping him.

George Lamsa Translation
And Tiglath-pilezer king of Assyria came against him, and encamped against him and distressed him greatly.

Good News Translation
The Assyrian emperor, instead of helping Ahaz, opposed him and caused him trouble.

Lexham English Bible
Then Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria came against him and brought trouble for him, instead of helping him,

Literal Translation
And Tilgathpilneser the king of Assyria came against him and distressed him, but did not help him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Teglatpilnesser the kynge of Assur came agaynst him, and beseged him, & he was not mightie ynough for him.

American Standard Version
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Thilgath Pilneser king of the Assyrians came vpon him, and troubled him rather then strengthed him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

King James Version (1611)
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came vnto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him.

English Revised Version
And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord brouyte ayens him Teglat Phalasar, kyng of Assiriens, that turmentide hym, and waastide hym, while no man ayenstood.

Update Bible Version
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

New King James Version
Also Tiglath-Pileser [fn] king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.

New Living Translation
So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him.

New Life Bible
So King Tilgath-pilneser of Assyria came against him and brought him trouble instead of strength.

New Revised Standard
So King Tilgath-pilneser of Assyria came against him, and oppressed him instead of strengthening him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, came against him, - and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.

Revised Standard Version
So Til'gath-pilne'ser king of Assyria came against him, and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria. ¹⁷ For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners. ¹⁸ And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there. ¹⁹ For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord. ²⁰ Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him. ²¹ For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him. ²² And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord. ²³ For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel. ²⁴ And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem. ²⁵ And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3264, bc 740

Tilgathpilneser: 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 16:7-10, Tiglath-pileser, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Hosea 5:13

distressed him: 2 Kings 17:5, Isaiah 7:20, Isaiah 30:3, Isaiah 30:16, Jeremiah 2:37

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:8 - the silver 2 Chronicles 30:6 - escaped Proverbs 25:19 - General Isaiah 10:20 - no more Isaiah 30:6 - riches Jeremiah 2:18 - or what hast Jeremiah 2:36 - as thou wast Jeremiah 50:17 - first Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow

Cross-References

Genesis 28:1
Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

Genesis 28:2
But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

Genesis 28:3
And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

Genesis 28:7
And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;

Genesis 28:10
So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

Genesis 28:12
And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

Genesis 28:15
And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

1 Samuel 1:11
And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him,.... Not to Jerusalem, but to Damascus, where he made a diversion in his favour, and took that city, and where Ahaz met him, 2 Kings 16:9

and distressed him, but strengthened him not; exhausted his treasures, and laid a tribute upon him, but did not help him against the Edomites and Philistines, or recover for him the cities they had taken from him; and, in taking Damascus, he served himself more than Ahaz, and paved the way for seizing upon the ten tribes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Tilgath-pilneser - This form of the name is doubly corrupt. See the properly Hebraized form in 2 Kings 15:29.

Distressed him, but strengthened him not - This statement, and that at the end of 2 Chronicles 28:21, is supplemental to, and not contradictory of, 2 Kings 16:9. Here it is the writer’s object to note that the material assistance rendered by Tiglath-pileser to Ahab, was no real “help” or “strength,” but rather a cause of “distress.”