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Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 28:20

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Kings;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Nahum;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jareb;   Tiglath Pileser;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Chronicles, Books of;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Tilgath-Pilneser;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahaz ;   Assyria ;   Jareb ;   Tiglathpileser, Tilgathpilneser ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaz;   Amasa;   Judah the kingdom of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tig'lath-Pile'ser;   Til'gath-Pilne'ser;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaz;   Hezekiah (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahaz;  

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 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 that time the Edomites came again and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners. So King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help. 18 The Philistines also robbed the towns in the western hills and in southern Judah. They captured the towns of Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo, and the villages around them. Then the Philistines lived in those towns. 19 The Lord brought trouble on Judah because Ahaz their king led the people of Judah to sin, and he was unfaithful to the Lord . 20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz, but he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some valuable things from the Temple of the Lord , from the palace, and from the princes, and he gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help. 22 During Ahaz's troubles he was even more unfaithful to the Lord . 23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of the people of Damascus, who had defeated him. He thought, "The gods of the kings of Aram helped them. If I offer sacrifices to them, they will help me also." But this brought ruin to Ahaz and all Israel. 24 Ahaz gathered the things from the Temple of God and broke them into pieces. Then he closed the doors of the Temple of the Lord . He made altars and put them on every street corner in Jerusalem. 25 In every town in Judah, Ahaz made places for burning sacrifices to worship other gods. So he made the Lord , the God of his ancestors, very angry. 26 The other things Ahaz did as king, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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
Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman.
Genesis 28:2
Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, in Northwest Mesopotamia. Laban, your mother's brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and give you many children, and may you become a group of many peoples.
Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Northwest Mesopotamia.
Genesis 28:10
Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
Genesis 28:12
Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder resting on the earth and reaching up into heaven, and he saw angels of God going up and coming down the ladder.
Genesis 28:15
I am with you and will protect you everywhere you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a promise. He said, "I want God to be with me and to protect me on this journey. I want him to give me food to eat and clothes to wear
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone you set up on end and where you made a promise to me. Now I want you to leave here and go back to the land where you were born.'"
1 Samuel 1:11
She made a promise, saying, " Lord All-Powerful, see how sad I am. Remember me and don't forget me. If you will give me a son, I will give him back to you all his life, and no one will ever cut his hair with a razor."

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.”


 
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