Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy men, fifty shekels of silver each, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria left and did not stay there in the land.
“When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin) and You are angry against them and give them to their enemies, and they are taken captive to a land, whether distant or near,