2 Kings 15:19-21
1599 Geneva Bible
19 ¶ Then Pul the king of Assyria came against the [a]land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand [b]talents of silver, that his hand might be with him, and establish the kingdom in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the money in Israel that all men of substance should give the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver a piece: so the king of Assyria returned, and tarried not there in the land.
21 Concerning the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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- 2 Kings 15:19 That is, of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:19 Instead of seeking help of God, he went about by money to purchase the favor of this king being an infidel, and therefore God forsook him, and Pul soon afterward brake promise, destroyed his country, and led his people away captive.
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