7King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria with this message: “I am your servant and your vassal.*16:7 Hebrew your son. Come up and rescue me from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel.” 8Then Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple of the Lord and the palace treasury and sent it as a payment to the Assyrian king. 9So the king of Assyria attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. He also killed King Rezin.