2 Chronicles 28:20

2 Chronicles 28:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
• New International Version (NIV)Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.

Context of 2 Chronicles 28:20

18And the Philistines had raided towns located in the foothills of Judah and in the Negev of Judah. They had already captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. 19The Lord was humbling Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah, for he had encouraged his people to sin and had been utterly unfaithful to the Lord. So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him. 21Ahaz took valuable items from the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, and from the homes of his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But this did not help him. 22Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.

2 Chronicles 28:20 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֣א עָלָ֔יו תִּלְּגַ֥ת פִּלְנְאֶ֖סֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיָּ֥צַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֥א חֲזָקֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Tilgath–pilneserתִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶ֫סֶרtiglath pil'eser tilgath pilne'eser · Tiglath-pileserH8407
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto him, and distressedצוּרtsûr · to confineH6696
• him, but strengthenedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 28:20

• 2 Kings 15:29During Pekah’s reign, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Israel again, and he captured the towns of Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also conquered the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives.
• 2 Kings 16:7King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria with this message: “I am your servant and your vassal. Come up and rescue me from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel.”
• 1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath-pileser) to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.
• Hosea 5:13“When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria— to the great king there— but he could neither help nor cure them.
• 2 Kings 17:5Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and for three years he besieged the city of Samaria.
• Isaiah 7:20In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.
• Isaiah 30:3But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated, and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.
• Jeremiah 2:37In despair, you will be led into exile with your hands on your heads, for the Lord has rejected the nations you trust. They will not help you at all.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Tilgath-pilneser - This form of the name is doubly corrupt. See the properly Hebraized form in 2 Kings 15:29. Distressed him, but strengthened him not - This statement, and that at the end of 2 Chronicles 28:21, is supplemental to, and not contradictory of, 2 Kings 16:9. Here it is the writer‘s object to note that the material assistance rendered by Tiglath-pileser to Ahab, was no real “help” or “strength,” but rather a cause of “distress.”Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Tilgath-pilneser ... distressed him, but strengthened him not--that is, notwithstanding the temporary relief which Tilgath-pilneser afforded him by the conquest of Damascus and the slaughter of Rezin (2Ki 16:9), little advantage resulted from it, for Tilgath-pilneser spent the winter in voluptuous revelry at Damascus; and the connection formed with the Assyrian king was eventually a source of new and greater calamities and humiliation to the kingdom…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 28:20

• Armies
• Tiglath-Pileser

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Tilgath-Pilneser
• Ahaz
• Offend
• Reach
• Ruin
• Trespass
• Hezekiah (2)
• Oded

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings