Ahaz Calls Assyria

1. Israel and Syria (capitals: Samaria and Damascus) want Judah to join them in alliance against Assyria. Judah refuses. When Ahaz becomes king of Judah, Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria besiege Jerusalem together.

2. The people of Judah hear that Rezin's troops are in Israel and are terrified. But the prophet Isaiah ben Amoz advi...