Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
So
King James Version
And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
Holman Bible
Then Tiglath-pileser
International Standard Version
King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Ahaz and, instead of helping him, attacked him.
A Conservative Version
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
American Standard Version
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
Amplified
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and harassed him instead of strengthening and supporting him.
Darby Translation
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.
Julia Smith Translation
And Tilgath-Pileser king of Assur, will come to him and he will press upon him, and he strengthened him not.
King James 2000
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, and strengthened him not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria came against him and brought trouble for him, {instead of helping him},
Modern King James verseion
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and troubled him, but did not strengthen him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Tiglathpileser king of Assyria came upon him and besieged him, but prevailed not against him.
NET Bible
King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.
New Heart English Bible
Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
The Emphasized Bible
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, came against him, - and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
Webster
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
World English Bible
Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,
Themes
Assyria » Tiglath pileser king of » Took money from ahaz, but strengthened him not
Assyria » As a power, was » Unfaithful, &c
tiglath-pileser » Forms an alliance with ahaz; captures damascus
Interlinear
Tiglath Pil'ecer
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 28:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahaz Asks The King Of Assyria For Help
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.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali; and he took the people away to Assyria.
1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
2 Kings 16:7-10
So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.
2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.
Isaiah 7:20
In that day will the Lord take away the hair of the head and of the feet, as well as the hair of the face, with a blade got for a price from the other side of the River; even with the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 30:3
And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.
Isaiah 30:16
Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.
Jeremiah 2:37
Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.