As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah killed his servants who had killed his father the king.
‘Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.
King Pul , of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 35 tonnes of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom.
The common people killed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.