2Ki 16:5-7 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah , king of Israel , came up to Jerusalem to wage war ; and they besieged Ahaz , but could not overcome him.

2 Kings 16:5-7

5 Then ^aRezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz, ^bbut could not ^{▼▼ Lit fight}overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered ^dElath for Aram, and cleared the Judeans out of ^{▼▼ Heb Eloth}Elath entirely; and the ^{▼▼ So with some ancient versions; Heb Edomites}Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day.

Ahaz Seeks Help of Aram

7 ^gSo Ahaz sent messengers to ^hTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the ^{▼▼ Lit palm}hand of the king of Aram and from the ^{▼▼ Lit palm}hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”