2Ki 16:7-9, 2Ch 28:20-21, Hos 5:13 | ESV | STEP | So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria , saying , I am your servant and your son . Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel , who are attacking me .

2 Kings 16:7-9

7 ^aSo Ahaz sent messengers to ^bTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” 8 Ahaz also ^ctook the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria. 9 ^dAnd the king of Assyria listened to him. The king of Assyria marched up against Damascus ^eand took it, carrying its people captive to ^fKir, and he killed Rezin.

2 Chronicles 28:20-21

20 So ^gTiglath-pileser ^{▼▼Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser} king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 ⁱFor Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

Hosea 5:13

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ^jhis wound,
then Ephraim went ^kto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^mBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ⁿyour wound.