ISV(i)
16 Assyria Plunders the Temple
Right about then, King Ahaz sent for help from the kings of Assyria
17 because the Edomites had invaded, attacked Judah, and carried off some captives.
18 The Philistines also invaded some of the cities in the Shephelah and in the Negev of Judah. They captured Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco, and their surrounding villages, Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages. Then the Philistines settled there,
19 because the LORD was humiliating Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, since Ahaz had brought about a lack of restraint within Judah and had remained unfaithful to the LORD.
20 King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Ahaz and, instead of helping him, attacked him.
21 Even though Ahaz took some of the assets belonging to the LORD’s Temple from the royal palace, and from the palaces belonging to the princes, and gave them to the king of Assyria, none of his gifts did any good.