And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
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Gill's Exposition
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord,.... By increasing his idolatries, as appears by what he did, in imitation of what he saw at Damascus, where he had an…
Barnes' Notes
Tilgath-pilneser - This form of the name is doubly corrupt. See the properly Hebraized form in 2Ki 15:29. Distressed him, but strengthened him not - This statement, and that at the end of 2Ch 28:21,…
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
Tilgath-pilneser i.e. Tiglath-pileser III. Cp. 1Ch 5:6 (note).
came … him not Some error in the text is probable here. The Hebrew cannot be rendered as in the A.V., but no satisfactory emendation has…
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