19 For the Lord humbled Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah,[a] who threw off restraint in Judah and was unfaithful to the Lord. 20 Then Tiglath-pileser[b](A) king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.(B) 21 Although Ahaz plundered the Lord’s temple and the palace of the king and of the rulers and gave the plunder to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read Israel
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Text emended; MT reads Tilgath-pilneser; 1Ch 5:6,26

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