Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen 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.
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.
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 Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed severely against Yahweh. 20 Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't help him.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
1 Chronicles 5:26
The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
2 Kings 16:7-10
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me."
2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
Isaiah 7:20
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
Isaiah 30:3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 30:16
but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
Jeremiah 2:37
From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.
Hosea 5:13
"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.