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Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel came up to attack Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him. At that time the king of Edom[a] recovered the town of Elath for Edom.[b] He drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites[c] to live there, as they do to this day.

King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria with this message: “I am your servant and your vassal.[d] Come up and rescue me from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 16:6a As in Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads Rezin king of Aram.
  2. 16:6b As in Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads Aram.
  3. 16:6c As in Greek version, Latin Vulgate, and an alternate reading of the Masoretic Text; the other alternate reads Arameans.
  4. 16:7 Hebrew your son.

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