Ahaz

Ahaz, king of Judah from 741 to 725 B.C., according to the received chronology. Being pressed hard by the Edomites and Philistines, as well as by the kings of Israel and Damascus, he called to his aid the Assyrian king, Tiglath Pileser, sending him, as the price of his help, all the treasures of the temple and the palace. Tiglath Pileser indeed beat off his enemies, but forced Ahaz himself to do him homage at Damascus, and to pay him tribute.