The Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.”
Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him strengthen his control of the kingdom.
The elders of Byblos and her wise men were in you repairing your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.