19 (A)Pul[a] king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his [b]hand might be with him to (B)strengthen the kingdom under his control. 20 And Menahem (C)exacted[c] the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.

21 Now 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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:19 Tiglath-Pileser III, v. 29
  2. 2 Kings 15:19 Support
  3. 2 Kings 15:20 took

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