Thomson(i)
16 At that time king Achaz sent to the king of Assur for assistance,
17 because the Idumeans had invaded and smitten Juda and carried off captives.
18 The Philistines also had fallen upon the cities of the plain and in the southern border of Juda, and had taken Baithsamus. But after he had given the king the treasures in the house of the Lord, and the treasures in the house of the king, and the chiefs, they took Ailon and Galero, and Socho, and the villages thereof, and Thamna and the villages thereof, and Gamzo and the villages thereof, and settled there:
19 Because the Lord humbled Juda on the account of Achaz, king of Juda, because he had greatly apostatised from the Lord,
20 therefore Thalgathphallasar came upon him and afflicted him.
21 Though Achaz took the treasures in the house of the Lord, and the treasures in the house of the king, and the chiefs, and gave them to the king of Assur, yet he was of no service to him,
22 but only added to his distress, and contributed to his apostacy from the Lord. For king Achaz said,
23 I will seek the gods of Damascus who smite me. Because, said he, the gods of the king of Syria strengthen them, therefore I will sacrifice to them and they will help me. But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.