2 Kings 16:7-9 So Ahaz sent messengers unto Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son, I am,––Come up and save me, out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ So Ahaz sent messengers unto Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son, I am,––Come up and save me, out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me. ⁸ And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasuries of the house of the king,––and sent them to the king of Assyria, as a bribe. ⁹ So the king of Assyria hearkened unto him, and the king of Assyria came up unto Damascus, and seized it, and carried away the people thereof captive to Kir,––and put Rezin, to death.