2 Kings 16:7-11

16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent.¹ March up and rescue me from the power² of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked³ me.” 16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were⁴ in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute⁵ to the king of Assyria. 16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;⁶ he⁷ attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people⁸ to Kir and executed Rezin.

16:10 When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there.⁹ King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design.¹⁰ 16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus.¹¹ Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.¹²

¹tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-pileser’s subject.

²tn Heb “hand, palm.”

³tn Heb “who have arisen against.”

⁴tn Heb “that was found.”

⁵tn Or “bribe money.”

⁶tn Heb “listened to him.”

⁷tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”

⁸tn Heb “it.”

⁹tn Heb “in Damascus.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the likeness of the altar and its pattern for all its work.”

¹¹tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”

¹²tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”