sent messengers. This was opposed by Isaiah (2 Kings 7:17). Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11; Hosea 7:12; Hosea 8:9; Hosea 11:5. Tiglath-pileser is the "razor" of Isaiah 7:20.
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2 Kings 16:7
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.