2 Kings 16:7 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ahaz was threatened on all sides, on the north by Rezin and Pekah; on the southeast by Edom 2Ch 28:17; and on the southwest by the Philistines 2Ch 28:18. To these external dangers was added the still greater peril of disaffection at home. A large party in Judah was “weary” of the house of David Isa 7:13, ready to join the confederacy Isa 8:6, Isa 8:12, and to accept for king “the son of Tabeal.” Ahaz saw no hope of safety unless he could obtain a powerful protector; and, Egypt being particularly weak at this time, he turned to Assyria.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
אָחָ֜ז	'a.Chaz	Ahaz	H271 →
מַלְאָכִ֗ים	mal.'a.Khim	messengers	H4397 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
תִּ֠גְלַת	Tig.lat	Tiglath-	H8407 →
פְּלֶ֤סֶר	pe.Le.ser	pileser	H8407 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁוּר֙	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
עַבְדְּךָ֥	'av.de.Kha	[am] servant your	H5650 →
וּבִנְךָ֖	u.vin.Kha	and son your	H1121 →
אָ֑נִי	'A.ni	I	H589 →
עֲלֵ֨ה	'a.Leh	come up	H5927 →
וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִי	ve.ho.shi.'E.ni	and deliver me	H3467 →
מִכַּ֣ף	mi.Kaf	from [the] hand of	H3709 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
אֲרָ֗ם	'a.Ram	Aram	H758 →
וּמִכַּף֙	u.mi.Kaf	and from [the] hand of	H3709 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הַקּוֹמִ֖ים	ha.ko.Mim	who are rising up	H6965 →
עָלָֽי׃	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
  So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 17:6
  In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
- 1 Kings 15:20
  And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
- Joshua 20:7
  So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- 2 Samuel 20:14–15
  Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
Through
2 Chronicles 28:20
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
  In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Isaiah 30:16
  “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
Through
1 Kings 20:4
And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:6–7
  Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.