16 Syria to his own dominions. He first conquered the Syrians, and took Damascus, their principal city. He then marched against Israel, and subdued all that part of the kingdom which lay east of the Jordan, and all the northern part of that country which was afterwards called Galilee. He then went to Jerusalem and obtained more money from Ahaz, but still gave him no help. He seized upon Elath and Eziongeber, where the kings of Judah had carried on their trade to India, and thus excluded them for ever from the ports on the Red Sea. When Tiglath Pileser returned to Assyria, he carried with him a multitude of captives, both from Syria and the land of Isrtel. He placed them in dofferent parts of Media, which was then under the 'Assyrian government. After this, the kings of Israel governed but a small territory, and paid tribute to the kings of Assyria. But at last one of them refusing to pay the tribute, simaneser, the son and successor of Tiglath. Pileser, came and conquered the remainder of the country, and be
