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.
ויזבח [המלך] לאלוהי דרמשק המכים בו, ויאמר: ’ כי אלוהי מלכי ארם הם מעזרים אותם, להם אזבח, ויעזרוני ’ ” (‏ דברי הימים ב ’. כ ” ח: 20 ,‏ 23‏) .‏