2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ahaz	אָחָ֜ז 'a.Chaz	H271	Achaz · proper noun, a man's name
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
messengers	מַלְאָכִ֗ים mal.'a.Khim	H4397	a messenger · noun, common masculine plural absolute
Tiglath-pileser	תִּ֠גְלַת Tig.lat	H8407	Tiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria	אַשּׁוּר֙ 'a.Shur	H804	Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
servant	עַבְדְּךָ֥ 'av.de.Kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
son	וּבִנְךָ֖ u.vin.Kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
up	עֲלֵ֨ה 'a.Leh	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
save	וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִי ve.ho.shi.'E.ni	H3467	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
hand	מִכַּ֣ף mi.Kaf	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Syria	אֲרָ֗ם 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
hand	וּמִכַּף֙ u.mi.Kaf	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
up	הַקּוֹמִ֖ים ha.ko.Mim	H6965	to rise (in various applications · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

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…
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.
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…
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…
2 Chronicles 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
2 Chronicles 28:20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
Psalms 146:3-5 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:5-9

Here is, 1. The attempt of his confederate neighbours, the kings of Syria and Israel, upon him. They thought to make themselves masters of Jerusalem, and to set a king of their own in it, Isa 7:6. In this they fell short, but the king of Syria recovered Elath, a considerable port upon the Red Sea, which Amaziah had taken from the Syrians, Kg2 14:22. What can those keep that have lost their religion? Let them expect, thenceforward, to be always on the losing hand. 2. His project to get clear of them. Having forsaken God, he had neither courage nor strength to make head against his enemies, nor could he, with any boldness, ask help of God; but he made his court to the king of Assyria, and got…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:7

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 (Isa 7:14; Isa 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.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:7

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.

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,.... Of whom see 2 Kings 15:29. saying, I am thy servant, and thy son; signifying, that he would be his vassal, and become tributary to him, and serve him as a servant to his master, or a son his father, on condition he would come to his assistance, and so he became his servant; hence his son Hezekiah is said to rebel against the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 18:1. come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king off Israel, which rise up against me; which assistance he had no reason to call in, since the Lord had promised him deliverance from both those kings, and gave him a sign of it, Isaiah 7:…

Dictionary and topics

Ahaz — Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and…
Alliances — On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings alliances became…
Ambassador — In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning “one who goes on an errand,” is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of melits,…
Damascus — Activity, the most ancient of Oriental cities; the capital of Syria (Isa. 7:8; 17:3); situated about 133 miles to the north of Jerusalem. Its modern name is Esh-Sham; i.e., “the East.” The situation…
Pekah — Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen…
Rezin — Firm; a prince, a king of Syria, who joined Pekah (q.v.) in an invasion of the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5-9; Isa. 7:1-8). Ahaz induced Tiglath-pileser III. to attack Damascus, and this…
Tiglath-Pileser III. — Or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2…
Ahaz · .Robs the temple to purchase aid from the king of Asia — .Robs the temple to purchase aid from the king of Asia
Alliances · .Ahaz and Tiglath — .Ahaz and Tiglath
Ambassadors · Ahaz to Tiglath — Ahaz to Tiglath
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2 Kings 16:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:5-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:7

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:7

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 16:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:5-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 16:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 16:7

John Gill on 2 Kings 16:7

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 16:7-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 16:7-9