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 · 2000And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then 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 · 1862And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he brought against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.