At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
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Gill's Exposition
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country,.... Which lay nearest to them, as Sharon, Lydda, Joppa, &c. in revenge of what Uzziah had done to them, Ch2 26:6, and of the south of…
Adam Clarke
The kings of Assyria to help him - Instead of מלכי malchey; Kings; the Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee, one MS., and the parallel place, Kg2 16:7, have מלך melek, King, in the singular number.…
Here is, I. The great distress which the kingdom of Ahaz was reduced to for his sin. In general, 1. The Lord brought Judah low, Ch2 28:19. They had lately been very high in wealth and power; but God…
Cambridge Bible
the kings LXX. "king" (sing.). This monarch was Tiglath-pileser III.; cp. 2Ki 16:7.