False help (28:16-21). The origins as well as the outcome of Ahaz’ appeal to Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria (745-727), vary from the brief account in 2 Kings 16:7-9, Whereas Kings makes the Syro-Israelite invasion the reason for Ahaz’ desperate request, here the Edomites(v.17) and Philistines (v.18) are the case of the trouble. Both these nations, however, fought against the Assyrians as the Strains and Israelites had dose, and 2 Kings 16:6 suggests that the Syraelites and Edomicte attacks may even have been coordinated. The yoke imposed by Uzziah also gave them further reason to be hostile. The Philistines attacked the strategic valleys in the Shephelah, though Gimzo was probably further north in Israel.