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In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacha, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried them away captive to Assyria.
And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria [Tiglath-Pileser III], saying, "I am your servant and your son; come and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me."
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria [and thank him]. When King Ahaz saw the altar that was in Damascus [he was impressed and] sent a sketch of it to Orija, the priest, with a detailed drawing (dimensions), in accordance with its entire craftsmanship.
and his son Beera, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. He was the prince of the Reubenites.
Then the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of the Assyrian king Pul [Tiglath-Pileser III], that is, the spirit of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser. He carried the people away into captivity, both the Reubenites and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh. He brought them to Halah, [the river] Habor, Hara, and the stream of Gozan [in present-day northern Iraq], where they are to this day.
But King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria went against him and employed him instead of supporting him.
