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 out of the hand of the king of Syria and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”This verse in the real world
When
Who
In what words
- תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶרTiglath PilʼeçerTiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser, an Assyryrian king
- אָחָזʼÂchâzAchaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
- אֲרָםʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor,
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.
- כַּףkaphthe hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâka messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- קוּםqûwmto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- Tiglath-Pileser III's tribute lists — Menahem and AhazNamed outside the BibleTwo kings of Israel and Judah appear by name in Assyrian tribute records, in the reigns the Bible places them.
Cross-references
2Ki 15:29, 2Ch 28:20, Psa 146:3–5, Lam 4:17, Hos 14:3, 1Ki 20:32–33, 1Ki 20:4, 1Ch 5:26