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18 Meanwhile, the Philistines had raided the towns in the foothills and the Negeb of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and settled there. 19 For the Lord had brought Judah low because of Ahaz, king of Israel,[a] who had behaved without restraint in Judah and had proved to be totally unfaithful to the Lord.

20 After that, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to Ahaz, but rather than assisting him, he oppressed him instead.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 King of Israel: Ahaz ruled the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and the Chronicler refers to him often as the king of all the people, not only the northern kingdom.