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But Menahem paid him thirty-seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power. <a href="/esv/2_kings/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/15.htm">King James Bible</a> And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Pul king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his control. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Pul, the king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/amp/2_kings/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Pul, [Tiglath-pileser III] king of Assyria, came against the land [of Israel], and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver [as a bribe], so that he might help him to strengthen his control of the kingdom. <a href="/csb/2_kings/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> King Pul of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul seventy-five thousand pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grip on the kingdom. <a href="/asv/2_kings/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/cev/2_kings/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> During Menahem's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria invaded Israel. He agreed to help Menahem keep control of his kingdom, if Menahem would pay him over 34 tons of silver. <a href="/erv/2_kings/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> King Pul of Assyria came to [attack] the country. So Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver to gain his support and help strengthen his hold on the kingdom. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Israel, and Menahem gave him thirty-eight tons of silver to gain his support in strengthening Menahem's power over the country. <a href="/isv/2_kings/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> Later on, King Pul of Aram attacked the land, and Menahem paid Pul 1,000 silver talents so Pul would join forces with Menahem to secure his hold on the kingdom. <a href="/msb/2_kings/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom. <a href="/net/2_kings/15.htm">NET Bible</a> Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and to solidify his control of the kingdom. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/web/2_kings/15.htm">World English Bible</a> Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Pul king of Asshur has come against the land, and Menahem gives one thousand talents of silver to Pul, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Pul king of Asshur hath come against the land, and Menahem giveth to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/slt/2_kings/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Pul, king of Assyria came upon the land; and Menahem will give to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hands to be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Phul king of the Assyrians came into the land, and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver, to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Pul, the king of the Assyrians, came into the land. And Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, so that he would be a help to him, and so that he might strengthen his kingdom. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/15.htm">New American Bible</a> Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land. But Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver to have his help in holding onto his kingdom. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> King Pul of Assyria came against the land; Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that he might help him confirm his hold on the royal power.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver to help him and to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Pul, King of Assyria, came against the land, and Makhanim gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand would be with him and that he would seize the kingdom with his hand.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <a href="/sep/2_kings/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/15-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=5195" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/15.htm">Menahem Reigns in Israel</a> …18And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. 19<a href="/hebrew/6322.htm" title="6322: p̄ūl (N-proper-ms) -- An Assyr. king, the same as NH8407. Of foreign origin; Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an Ethiopian tribe.">Then Pul</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">invaded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4505.htm" title="4505: mə·na·ḥêm (N-proper-ms) -- Comforter, king of N. Isr. From nacham; comforter; Menachem, an Israelite.">and Menahem</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/6322.htm" title="6322: lə·p̄ūl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- An Assyr. king, the same as NH8407. Of foreign origin; Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an Ethiopian tribe.">Pul</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-msc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">a thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3603.htm" title="3603: kik·kar- (N-fsc) -- From karar; a circle, i.e. a circumjacent tract or region, expec. The Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a loaf; also a talent (round) coin).">talents</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: kā·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">in order to gain his support</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏāw (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: lə·ha·ḥă·zîq (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">and strengthen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">his own grip</a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: ham·mam·lā·ḵāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">on the kingdom.</a> 20Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7-9</a> So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” / Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria. / So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death. <a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">2 Kings 17:3-4</a> Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. / But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison. <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13-16</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. / So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. / Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace. ... <a href="/2_kings/12-17.htm">2 Kings 12:17-18</a> At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem. / So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm">2 Chronicles 28:20-21</a> Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him. / Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him. <a href="/isaiah/7-1.htm">Isaiah 7:1-9</a> Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city. / When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind. / Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field, ... <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a> When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. <a href="/hosea/10-6.htm">Hosea 10:6</a> Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols. <a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm">1 Kings 15:18-19</a> So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus: / “Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.” <a href="/2_chronicles/16-2.htm">2 Chronicles 16:2-3</a> So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus: / “Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.” <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Isaiah 8:4</a> For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. <a href="/2_kings/23-33.htm">2 Kings 23:33-35</a> And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. / Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died. / So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth. <a href="/2_kings/24-1.htm">2 Kings 24:1</a> During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. <a href="/2_kings/24-10.htm">2 Kings 24:10-12</a> At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. / And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. / Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.A.<a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25,26</a> And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them… <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a> Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.Menahem<a href="/2_kings/12-18.htm">2 Kings 12:18</a> And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.<a href="/2_kings/16-8.htm">2 Kings 16:8</a> And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.<a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">2 Kings 17:3,4</a> Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents… to confirm<a href="/2_kings/14-5.htm">2 Kings 14:5</a> And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.<a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5</a> Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/24-24.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/genesis/25-18.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm">Confirm</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-34.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-27.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-26.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-5.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">Land</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-17.htm">Menahem</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-17.htm">Men'ahem</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-28.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Pul</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-14.htm">Royal</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-1.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-14.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-12.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-7.htm">Support</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-23.htm">Talents</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-7.htm">Thousand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/16-8.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-20.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-3.htm">Confirm</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-20.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-21.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">Land</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-20.htm">Menahem</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-21.htm">Men'ahem</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">Power</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">Pul</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-8.htm">Royal</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-10.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-20.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-5.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">Support</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">Talents</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-23.htm">Thousand</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 15</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/15-1.htm">Azariah's good reign</a> 5. <a href="/2_kings/15-5.htm">He dying a leper, is succeeded by Jotham</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/15-8.htm">Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slain by Shallum</a> 13. <a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm">Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Nenahem</a> 16. <a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm">Menahem strengthens himself by Pul</a> 21. <a href="/2_kings/15-21.htm">Pekahiah succeeds him</a> 23. <a href="/2_kings/15-23.htm">Pekahiah is slain by Pekah</a> 27. <a href="/2_kings/15-27.htm">Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea</a> 32. <a href="/2_kings/15-32.htm">Jotham's good reign</a> 36. <a href="/2_kings/15-36.htm">Ahaz succeeds him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His invasion marks a significant moment in Israel's history, as Assyria was a dominant power in the ancient Near East. This invasion reflects the geopolitical tensions of the time, with Assyria expanding its influence over the region. The land referred to is the northern kingdom of Israel, which was often caught between larger empires. This event is part of the broader narrative of Israel's decline due to its disobedience to God, as prophesied in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-52</a>.and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver Menahem, the king of Israel, sought to appease Pul by offering a substantial tribute. A thousand talents of silver is an enormous sum, indicating the severity of the threat and the desperation of Menahem's situation. This act of tribute is consistent with the practices of vassal states in the ancient Near East, where weaker nations paid stronger ones for protection or to avoid destruction. The payment highlights Israel's weakened state and reliance on foreign powers rather than on God, contrasting with earlier periods of divine deliverance, such as in the time of King David.in order to gain his support Menahem's payment was intended to secure Assyrian support, likely to stabilize his reign and fend off internal and external threats. This political maneuvering reflects the complex alliances and power dynamics of the time. It also underscores the lack of faith in divine protection, as Israel's kings increasingly turned to human alliances. This reliance on foreign powers is criticized by prophets like Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/31.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a>), who warned against trusting in alliances rather than in God.and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom Menahem's primary concern was consolidating his power, as his rule was marked by violence and instability (<a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm">2 Kings 15:16</a>). By securing Assyrian backing, he aimed to legitimize and stabilize his reign. This focus on political power over spiritual fidelity is a recurring theme in the history of Israel's kings, leading to the nation's eventual downfall. The narrative serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of prioritizing political expediency over faithfulness to God, a lesson echoed throughout the biblical text.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/pul.htm">Pul</a> Also known as Tiglath-Pileser III, he was the king of Assyria who invaded Israel. His reign marked the expansion of the Assyrian Empire and its influence over Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/m/menahem.htm">Menahem</a> The king of Israel during this time, who sought to secure his reign by paying tribute to Pul. His actions reflect the political instability and moral decline of Israel during this period. 3. <a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a> A powerful empire in the ancient Near East, known for its military prowess and expansionist policies. Assyria's influence over Israel was significant during this time. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom, which was experiencing political turmoil and spiritual decline, leading to its vulnerability to foreign powers like Assyria. 5. <a href="/topical/t/thousand_talents_of_silver.htm">Thousand talents of silver</a> A substantial amount of money paid by Menahem to Pul, indicating the heavy burden placed on the people of Israel to secure temporary peace and political stability.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god_vs._human_alliances.htm">Reliance on God vs. Human Alliances</a> Menahem's decision to pay tribute to Assyria reflects a lack of trust in God. Believers are reminded to place their trust in God rather than in human solutions or alliances. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> The political and spiritual decline of Israel serves as a warning about the consequences of turning away from God's commandments. Obedience to God brings true security and peace. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_compromise.htm">The Cost of Compromise</a> Menahem's payment to Pul represents a compromise that brought temporary relief but long-term consequences. Christians are encouraged to consider the cost of compromising their values and faith. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a> Menahem's actions as a leader had significant implications for the entire nation. This highlights the responsibility of leaders to seek God's guidance and prioritize the well-being of those they lead.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 15</a> <a href="/q/do_sources_confirm_menahem's_tribute_to_pul.htm">2 Kings 15:19 speaks of Menahem paying tribute to Pul, king of Assyria—do extrabiblical sources confirm this tribute or Pul’s identity? </a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_menahem's_attack_on_tiphsah.htm">2 Kings 15:16 records Menahem’s brutal attack on Tiphsah—does any historical or archaeological evidence corroborate such violence? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_assyria's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Assyria's role in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/do_historical_records_support_hosea_7_5-7.htm">Hosea 7:5–7 depicts rulers being consumed and kings falling—do extrabiblical historical records corroborate or contradict these claims?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) And.--As it stands, the verse begins abruptly. But the reading of the LXX. restores the connection: In his days Pul the king of Assyria," &c. (Comp, <a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm" title="In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.">2Kings 15:29</a>.)Pul.--This name has been read in the cuneiform (Pu-u-lu, i.e., P-lu, an officer of Sargon's). For the identity of Pul, king of Assyria, with Tiglath Pileser II., see Note on <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm" title="And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day.">1Chronicles 5:26</a>, and Schrader's Die Keil-inschr. und das Alt. Test, pp. 227-240 (2nd edit., 1883). Prof. Schrader gives the following as the result of his elaborate and most interesting discussion: (1) Menahem of Israel and Azariah of Judah were contemporaries, according to the Bible as well as the Inscriptions. (2) According to the Bible, both these rulers were contemporary with an Assyrian king Pul; according to the Inscriptions, with Tiglath Pileser. (3) Berosus calls Pul a Chaldean; Tiglath Pileser calls himself king of Chaldea. (4) Pul-Porus became in 731 B.C. king of Babylon; Tiglath Pileser in 731 B.C. received the homage of the Babylonian king Merodach-Baladan, as he also reduced other Babylonian princes in this year, amongst them Chinz?ros of Amukkan. (5) Poros appears in the canon of Ptolemy as king of Babylon; Tiglath Pileser names himself "king of Babylon." (6) Chinz?ros became king of Babylon in 731 B.C. according to the canon, and, in fact, along with (or, under) a king of the name of P?ros; the hypothesis that the vanquished king of Amukkan of the same name was entrusted by Tiglath Pileser with the vassal-kingship of Babylon is suggested at once by the coincidence of the chronological data. (7) In the year 727-726 B.C. a change of government took place in Assyria in consequence of the death of Tiglath Pileser, and in Babylonia in consequence of the death of Porus. (8) No king appears in the Assyrian lists by a name like Pul, which is anomalous as a royal designation; we can only identify Pul with some other name in the lists, and, on historical grounds, with Tiglath Pileser only. (9) Pul and P?ros are forms of the same name (comp. Babiru for Babilu in Persian inscriptions). (10) From all this, the conclusion is inevitable that Pul and Porus Pul and Tiglath Pileser, are one and the same person.Came against the land.--Rather, came upon the land (<a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm" title="He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid up his carriages:">Isaiah 10:28</a>; <a href="/judges/18-27.htm" title="And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.">Judges 18:27</a>). The meaning here is, occupied it.A thousand talents of silver.--About 375,000. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - And Pul, the King of Assyria came against the land. There is no connective in the Hebrew text, and it has been proposed to supply one; but there can be little doubt that the best emendation is that suggested by Thenius, who changes the כָּל־יָמָיו of ver. 18 into בְיָמָיו, and attaches that word to ver. 19. Ver. 19 will then read thus: "In his days Pul the King of Assyria came against the laud" - and no connective will be wanted. The greatest doubt has been entertained with regard to the identity of Pul, whose name does not appear in the Assyrian Eponym Canon, or in any other purely Assyrian document. But recently discovered Babylonian documents seem to prove that Pul (Pulu) was the Babylonian name for Tiglath-pileser, who reigned under that name in Babylon during his last two years, and appears in the Canon of Ptolemy as "Porus." Tiglath-pileser, the great founder of the later Assyrian empire, made himself king in B.C. 745, and proceeded to consolidate the Assyrian power on every side, after a period of great weakness and disorganization. He made several expeditions against Babylonia, and several into Syria and Palestine. The expedition in which he came into contact with Menahem is thought to have been that of his eighth year, B.C. 738 (see G. Smith, 'Eponym Canon,' pp. 117-120; and, for the identity of Tiglath-pileser with Pul, see the 'Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology' for 1884, p. 198). And Menahem gave Pal a thousand talents of silver. A vast sum certainly, equal to above a quarter of a million of our money, perhaps to some extent a punishment for the siege and sack of Tiphsah. But not a sum that it would have been impossible to pay. A King of Damascus, about fifty years previously, had bought off an Assyrian attack by the payment of two thousand three hundred talents of silver and twenty talents of gold (see 'Eponym Canon,' p. 115). That his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand; i.e. that Pal might take him under his protection, accept him as one of his subject-princes, and (by implication) support him against possible rivals. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/15-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Pul פ֤וּל (p̄ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6322.htm">Strong's 6322: </a> Pul -- an Assyrian king king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Assyria אַשּׁוּר֙ (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> Ashshur invaded בָּ֣א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go the land, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and Menahem מְנַחֵם֙ (mə·na·ḥêm) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4505.htm">Strong's 4505: </a> Menahem -- 'comforter', king of Northern Israel gave וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set Pul לְפ֔וּל (lə·p̄ūl) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6322.htm">Strong's 6322: </a> Pul -- an Assyrian king a thousand אֶ֖לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand talents כִּכַּר־ (kik·kar-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3603.htm">Strong's 3603: </a> A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money) of silver כָּ֑סֶף (kā·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money in order to gain his support לִהְי֤וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be and strengthen לְהַחֲזִ֥יק (lə·ha·ḥă·zîq) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer his own grip בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (bə·yā·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand on the kingdom. הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (ham·mam·lā·ḵāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/15-19.htm">2 Kings 15:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 15:19 There came against the land Pul (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/15-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 15:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 15:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/15-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 15:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 15:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>