2 Kings 16:7 Cross References - Bishops

⁷ So Ahaz sent messengers to Thiglath Peleser king of Assyria, saying: I am thy seruaunt and thy sonne, come vp and deliuer me out of the hande of the king of Syria, and out of the hande of the king of Israel, which rise vp against me

⁴ And the king of Israel aunswered and said: My lord king, according to thy saying, I am thyne and all that I haue

³² And so they girded sackcloth about their loynes, & put ropes about their heades, and came to the king of Israel, and said: Thy seruaunt Benhadad sayth, I pray thee let me lyue. He sayde: Is he yet alyue? he is my brother ³³ And ye men toke that word for good lucke and hastyly caught it out of his mouth, and sayd: Yea thy brother Benhadad. He sayde: Go, bring him hyther. And Benhadad came out vnto him, and he caused him to come vp into the charet

²⁹ In the dayes of Pecah king of Israel, came Thiglath Pelesar king of Assyria, & toke Iion, Abel Beth maacha, Ianoah, Kedes, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the lande of Nephthali, and carryed them away to Assyria

²⁶ And the God of Israel stirred vp the spirite of Phul king of Assyria, & the spirite of Thiglath Pilneser king of Assyria, and caried them away: euen the Rubenites, the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasse, and brought them vnto Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the riuer Gosan, vnto this day

¹⁶ At that same time did king Ahaz send vnto the kinges of the Assyrians, to haue helpe of them

²⁰ And Thilgath Pilneser king of the Assyrians came vpon him, and troubled him rather then strengthed him

³ His spirite shall depart out of hym, he shall turne agayne to his earth: at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe ⁴ Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde ⁵ Who made heauen and earth, the sea and all that therin is: who mainteyneth the trueth for euer

⁵ Thus saith the Lorde, Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man, and that taketh fleshe for his arme, and he whose heart departeth from the Lord

¹⁷ Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good

³ Asshur shalbe no more our helper, neither will we ride vpon horses any more, neither wyll we say any more to the worke of our handes, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie