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18 The Philistines also made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negev of Judah. They captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soko with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.

19 The Lord brought Judah low, because Ahaz king of Israel[a] had led Judah to throw off all restraint. He had been very unfaithful to the Lord.

20 When Tiglath Pileser[b] king of Assyria came, he marched against Ahaz and oppressed him instead of strengthening him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts and some versions read Judah.
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:20 The Hebrew here has a variant spelling, Tilgath Pilneser.