And Ahaz took the silver and the gold which was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent to the king of Assyria a bribe.
Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave a thousand talents of silver to Pul, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
And Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and from the king’s house; and he sent to Ben-hadad the king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying,
For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, and are spirit-knowers like the Philistines. And they clap hands with children of those being foreign.
Jehovah shall bring the king of Assyria on you, and on your people, and on your father’s house, by the king of Assyria, days which have not come since the days Ephraim turned aside from Judah.