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16 At that same time did king Ahaz send vnto the kinges of the Assyrians, to haue helpe of them. 17 And the Edomites came againe, and slue some of Iuda, and caryed away captiues. 18 And the Philistines inuaded the cities in the lowe countrey, and toward the south of Iuda: and toke Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gederoth, and Socho with the townes longing thereto, and Thimna with the townes of the same, Gimso and the townes thereof, and dwelt there. 19 For the Lorde brought Iuda lowe, because of Ahaz king of Iuda, which made Iuda naked, & transgressed sore against the Lorde. 20 And Thilgath Pilneser king of the Assyrians came vpon him, and troubled him rather then strengthed him. 21 For Ahaz toke away a portion out of the house of the Lorde, and out of the kinges house, and out of the lordes houses, and gaue vnto the king of the Assyrians: and yet it helped him not. 2 Chronicles 28:16-21, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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