For Ahaz took away a portion out of the LORD’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.
In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same King Ahaz.
For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him.
He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.”
But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.