16 About that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria for help.
17 Once again the Edomites had come and invaded Judah and taken captives,
18 while the Philistines had raided the towns in the foothills and in the South of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon and Gederot, as well as Soho, Timnah and Gimzo with their villages.
19 For Adonai humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he threw off restraint in Judah and trespassed against Adonai.
20 Tilgat-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him—
21 even though Ahaz plundered the House of Adonai, the house of the king and the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria—it did not help him.
22 In his time of distress, this same King Ahaz acted even more unfaithfully to Adonai.