2 Kings 16:7-9 ▼

7 So Ahaz sent envoys to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, to tell him, |I am your servant and son. Save me from the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me.|

8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the LORD's Temple and in the palace treasuries and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria,

9 so the king of Assyria listened to Ahaz. He attacked Damascus, captured it, sent its people away into exile to Kir, and executed Rezin.