2 Kings 16 · Verse 7

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, which rise up against me.
2 Kings 16:7, King James Version

2 Kings 16:7 in other translations

BSBSo 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.”
WEBSo Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your 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.”
ASVSo 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.
YLTAnd Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, ‘Thy servant and thy son am I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.'
DARBYAnd 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 have risen up against me.
BBESo Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.
WebsterSo Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

What does 2 Kings 16:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:7-9
7-9. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser--In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote (Is 7:14; 8:4), that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and carried the people of Damascus into captivity to Kir, which is thought to have been the city Karine (now Kerend), in Media.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 I am thy servant and thy son - I will obey thee in all, and become tributary to thee; only help me against Syria and Israel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 16:1-9

Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves into straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another.

Read the full comment on 2 Kings 16:1-9 →

2 Kings 16:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
אָחָ֜ז'a.ChazAhazH271
מַלְאָכִ֗יםmal.'a.KhimmessengersH4397
אֶל\־'el-toH413
תִּ֠גְלַתTig.latTiglath-H8407
פְּלֶ֤סֶרpe.Le.serpileserH8407
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurAssyriaH804
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
עַבְדְּךָ֥'av.de.Kha[am] servant yourH5650
וּבִנְךָ֖u.vin.Khaand son yourH1121
אָ֑נִי'A.niIH589
עֲלֵ֨ה'a.Lehcome upH5927
וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִיve.ho.shi.'E.niand deliver meH3467
מִכַּ֣ףmi.Kaffrom [the] hand ofH3709
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָ֗ם'a.RamAramH758
וּמִכַּף֙u.mi.Kafand from [the] hand ofH3709
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הַקּוֹמִ֖יםha.ko.Mimwho are rising upH6965
עָלָֽי\׃'a.Laion meH5921

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Cross references for 2 Kings 16:7

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:16

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

  • 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 Gozan, unto this day.

  • Hosea 14:3

    Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • Psalms 146:3-5

    Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

  • 2 Chronicles 28:20

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

  • 1 Kings 20:32-33

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

  • 1 Kings 20:4

    And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

  • Jeremiah 17:5

    Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

  • Lamentations 4:17

    As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Tiglath-pileser. Heb. Tilgath-pileser.
15:29; 1Ch 5:26; 2Ch 28:20
Tilgath-pilneser. I am thy servant.
1Ki 20:4,32,33
and save.
Ps 146:3-5; Jer 17:5; La 4:17; Ho 14:3

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Context

  • 2 Kings 16:6

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

  • 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, which rise up against me.

  • 2 Kings 16:8

    And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

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2 Kings 16:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Achâz envió embajadores á Tiglath-pileser rey de Asiria, diciendo: Yo soy tu siervo y tu hijo: sube, y defiéndeme de mano del rey de Siria, y de mano del rey de Israel, que se han levantado contra mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Achaz envoya des messagers à Tiglath-Piléser, roi d’Assyrie, disant: Je suis ton serviteur et ton fils; monte, et sauve-moi de la main du roi de Syrie et de la main du roi d’Israël qui s’élèvent contre moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sandte Ahas Boten an Tiglath-Pileser, den König von Assyrien, und ließ ihm sagen: Ich bin dein Knecht und dein Sohn; komm herauf und rette mich aus der Hand des Königs von Syrien und aus der Hand des Königs von Israel, die sich wider mich erhoben haben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misit autem Achaz nuntios ad Theglathphalasar regem Assyriorum, dicens: Servus tuus, et filius tuus ego sum: ascende, et salvum me fac de manu regis Syriæ, et de manu regis Israël, qui consurrexerunt adversum me.