When Assyria too turned against Ahaz and “caused him distress, ” the king“ began to sacrifice to the gods of Damascus that were striking him, and he went on to say: ‘ Because the gods of the kings of Syria are helping them, to them I shall sacrifice, that they may help me. ’ ” ​ — 2 Chronicles 28: 20, 23.
तब आहाज ने “दमिश्‍क के देवताओं के लिये जिन्हों ने उसको मारा था, बलि चढ़ाया; क्योंकि उस ने यह सोचा, कि आरामी राजाओं के देवताओं ने उनकी सहायता की, तो मैं उनके लिये बलि चढ़ाऊंगा कि वे मेरी सहायता करें । ” — २ इतिहास २८: २०, २३.