2 Chronicles 28:16

Modern

At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.

Traditional

At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

Literal

At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him.

Latin

Tempore illo misit rex Achaz ad regem Assyriorum, postulans auxilium.

Hebrew

English

At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.

Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria: See 2 Kings 16:7–9 for more details.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 7:17
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
2 Kings 16:5–7
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
Isaiah 7:1–9
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

Ahaz: King of Judah, son of Jotham

Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel