So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
And Pul the king of Ashur 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.
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshiyah-yahu his son king in his stead.