2 Chronicles 28:20

What does 2 Chronicles 28:20 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 28:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he brought against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.

Context

v.19For Jehovah brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against Jehovah.

v.20This passage

v.21For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Jehovah, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but it helped him not.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26

    And 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 unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

  • Hosea 5:13

    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

  • Isaiah 7:20

    In that day will the Lord 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.

  • Jeremiah 2:37

    From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.

  • 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, who rise up against me.

  • Isaiah 30:3

    Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

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