6. At that time Aram’s King Rezin recovered Elath for the Arameans, driving the Judeans out of Elath. The Edomites came to Elath and settled there, and that’s still the case now.
7. Ahaz sent messengers to Assyria’s King Tiglath-pileser, saying, "I’m your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the power of the kings of Aram and Israel. Both of them are attacking me!"
8. And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was in the Lord’s temple and in the palace treasuries, and sent a gift to Assyria’s king.
9. The Assyrian king heard the request and marched against Damascus. He captured it and sent its citizens into exile to Kir. He also killed Rezin.
10. Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet up with Assyria’s King Tiglath-pileser. King Ahaz noticed the altar that was in Damascus, and he sent the altar’s plan and details for its construction to the priest Uriah.
11. Uriah built the altar, following the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus; he had it finished before King Ahaz returned from Damascus.
12. When the king arrived from Damascus, he inspected the altar. He came close to it, then went up on it,