Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Tiglathpileser king of Assyria came upon him and besieged him, but prevailed not against 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.
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.
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.
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 brought Judah low, because of Ahaz king of Judah which made Judah naked and transgressed against the LORD. 20 And Tiglathpileser king of Assyria came upon him and besieged him, but prevailed not against him. 21 For Ahaz took away out of the house of the LORD and out of the king's house and out of the Lord's houses, and gave unto the king of Assyria, though it helped him not.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, Abelbethmaacah, Janoah, Kadesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and carried them away to Assyria.
1 Chronicles 5:26
God stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, and carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, Habor, Hara and to the River Gozan, where they remain unto this day.
2 Kings 16:7-10
Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am thy servant and thy son, come and deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which are risen against me."
2 Kings 17:5
And then the king of Assyria came throughout all the land, and came to Samaria and besieged it three years.
Isaiah 7:20
At the same time shall the LORD shave the hair of the head and the feet and the beard clean off, with the razor that he shall hire beyond the water: namely, with the king of the Assyrians.
Isaiah 30:3
But Pharaoh's help shall be your confusion, and the comfort in the Egyptian's shadow shall be your own shame.
Isaiah 30:16
For ye have said, "No, but we will escape through horses!" Therefore shall ye flee. And, "We will get us up upon swift beasts!" Therefore shall your persecutors be swifter.
Jeremiah 2:37
Yea, thou shalt go thy way from them, and smite thine hands together upon thy head. Because the LORD shall bring that confidence and hope of thine to naught, and thou shalt not prosper withal."
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his disease: Ephraim went unto Assyria, and sent unto king Jareb: yet could not he help you, nor ease you of your pain.