2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy 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, which rise up against me.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Ahaz king of Judah does not walk in God's ways; he practices child sacrifice, and the Aram-Israel coalition threatens Jerusalem. Ahaz appeals to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser with silver and gold stripped from temple and palace; the Assyrian attacks Damascus, …
Other Translations
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy 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.
And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, `Thy servant and thy son <FI>am<Fi> I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.'
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.
Cross References
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart …
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king …
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a …
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work …
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they …
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, …
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and …
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, …