2 Chronicles 28:20

THE MESSAGE

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.

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.

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

¹⁶At about that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria asking for personal help. The Edomites had come back and given Judah a bad beating, taking off a bunch of captives. Adding insult to injury the Philistines raided the cities in the foothills to the west and the southern desert and captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, along with Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages, and moved in, making themselves at home. Arrogant King Ahaz, acting as if he could do without God's help, had unleashed an epidemic of depravity. Judah, brought to its knees by God , was now reduced to begging for a handout. But the king of Assyria, Tiglath-Pileser, wouldn't help—he came instead and humiliated Ahaz even more by attacking and bullying him. Desperate, Ahaz ransacked The Temple of God , the royal palace, and every other place he could think of, scraping together everything he could, and gave it to the king of Assyria—and got nothing in return, not a bit of help. ²²But King Ahaz didn't learn his lesson—at the very time that everyone was turning against him, he continued to be against God ! He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus. He had just been defeated by Damascus; he thought, "If I worship the gods who helped Damascus, those gods just might help me, too." But things only went from bad to worse: first Ahaz in ruins and then the country. He cleaned out The Temple of God of everything useful and valuable, boarded up the doors of The Temple, and then went out and set up pagan shrines for his own use all over Jerusalem. And not only in Jerusalem, but all over Judah—neighborhood shrines for worshiping any and every god on sale. And was God ever angry! ²⁶The rest of Ahaz's infamous life, all that he did from start to finish, is written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Judah and Israel. When Ahaz died, they buried him in Jerusalem, but he was not honored with a burial in the cemetery of the kings. His son Hezekiah was the next king.

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
So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, "Don't take a Caananite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your mother's father, Bethuel. Get a wife for yourself from the daughters of your uncle Laban.

Genesis 28:3
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."

Genesis 28:10
Jacob left Beersheba and went to Haran. He came to a certain place and camped for the night since the sun had set. He took one of the stones there, set it under his head and lay down to sleep. And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground and it reached all the way to the sky; angels of God were going up and going down on it.

Genesis 28:20
Jacob vowed a vow: "If God stands by me and protects me on this journey on which I'm setting out, keeps me in food and clothing, and brings me back in one piece to my father's house, this God will be my God. This stone that I have set up as a memorial pillar will mark this as a place where God lives. And everything you give me, I'll return a tenth to you."

1 Samuel 1:28
Hannah Pours Out Her Heart to God There once was a man who lived in Ramathaim. He was descended from the old Zuph family in the Ephraim hills. His name was Elkanah. (He was connected with the Zuphs from Ephraim through his father Jeroham, his grandfather Elihu, and his great-grandfather Tohu.) He had two wives. The first was Hannah; the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children; Hannah did not. Every year this man went from his hometown up to Shiloh to worship and offer a sacrifice to God -of-the-Angel-Armies. Eli and his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as the priests of God there. When Elkanah sacrificed, he passed helpings from the sacrificial meal around to his wife Peninnah and all her children, but he always gave an especially generous helping to Hannah because he loved her so much, and because God had not given her children. But her rival wife taunted her cruelly, rubbing it in and never letting her forget that God had not given her children. This went on year after year. Every time she went to the sanctuary of God she could expect to be taunted. Hannah was reduced to tears and had no appetite. Her husband Elkanah said, "Oh, Hannah, why are you crying? Why aren't you eating? And why are you so upset? Am I not of more worth to you than ten sons?" So Hannah ate. Then she pulled herself together, slipped away quietly, and entered the sanctuary. The priest Eli was on duty at the entrance to God 's Temple in the customary seat. Crushed in soul, Hannah prayed to God and cried and cried—inconsolably. Then she made a vow: Oh, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, If you'll take a good, hard look at my pain, If you'll quit neglecting me and go into action for me By giving me a son, I'll give him completely, unreservedly to you. I'll set him apart for a life of holy discipline. It so happened that as she continued in prayer before God , Eli was watching her closely. Hannah was praying in her heart, silently. Her lips moved, but no sound was heard. Eli jumped to the conclusion that she was drunk. He approached her and said, "You're drunk! How long do you plan to keep this up? Sober up, woman!" Hannah said, "Oh no, sir—please! I'm a woman hard used. I haven't been drinking. Not a drop of wine or beer. The only thing I've been pouring out is my heart, pouring it out to God . Don't for a minute think I'm a bad woman. It's because I'm so desperately unhappy and in such pain that I've stayed here so long." Eli answered her, "Go in peace. And may the God of Israel give you what you have asked of him." "Think well of me—and pray for me!" she said, and went her way. Then she ate heartily, her face radiant. Up before dawn, they worshiped God and returned home to Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and God began making the necessary arrangements in response to what she had asked. Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him." When Elkanah next took his family on their annual trip to Shiloh to worship God , offering sacrifices and keeping his vow, Hannah didn't go. She told her husband, "After the child is weaned, I'll bring him myself and present him before God —and that's where he'll stay, for good." Elkanah said to his wife, "Do what you think is best. Stay home until you have weaned him. Yes! Let God complete what he has begun!" So she did. She stayed home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. Then she took him up to Shiloh, bringing also the makings of a generous sacrificial meal—a prize bull, flour, and wine. The child was so young to be sent off! They first butchered the bull, then brought the child to Eli. Hannah said, "Excuse me, sir. Would you believe that I'm the very woman who was standing before you at this very spot, praying to God ? I prayed for this child, and God gave me what I asked for. And now I have dedicated him to God . He's dedicated to God for life." Then and there, they worshiped God .

1 Samuel 14:24
Saul did something really foolish that day. He addressed the army: "A curse on the man who eats anything before evening, before I've wreaked vengeance on my enemies!" None of them ate a thing all day.

Psalms 22:25
Here in this great gathering for worship I have discovered this praise-life. And I'll do what I promised right here in front of the God-worshipers. Down-and-outers sit at God 's table and eat their fill. Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him. "Live it up, from head to toe. Don't ever quit!"

Psalms 56:12
God, you did everything you promised, and I'm thanking you with all my heart. You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life.

Psalms 66:13
I'm bringing my prizes and presents to your house. I'm doing what I said I'd do, What I solemnly swore I'd do that day when I was in so much trouble: The choicest cuts of meat for the sacrificial meal; Even the fragrance of roasted lamb is like a meal! Or make it an ox garnished with goat meat!

Psalms 76:11
Do for God what you said you'd do— he is, after all, your God. Let everyone in town bring offerings to the One Who Watches our every move. Nobody gets by with anything, no one plays fast and loose with him.

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.”