And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
The king of Assyria hearkened unto him. Thus, Ahaz and his people were delivered from impending danger; but it was at an immense sacrifice, as they found afterward (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 28:20). [The Septuagint, Alexandrine, has Kureeneen; but Cyrene was in Africa.]