7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria , saying , "I am your servant and your son ; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel , who are rising up against me." 8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house , and sent a present to the king of Assyria . 9 So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and captured it, and carried the people of it away into exile to Kir , and put Rezin to death .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 16:7-9
Commentary on 2 Kings 16:1-9
(Read 2 Kings 16:1-9)
Few and evil were the days of Ahaz. Those whose hearts condemn them, will go any where in a day of distress, rather than to God. The sin was its own punishment. It is common for those who bring themselves into straits by one sin, to try to help themselves out by another.