Then Menahemexactedthe moneyfrom Israel,even from allthe mightymenof wealth,from eachmanfiftyshekelsof silverto paythe kingof Assyria.So the kingof Assyriareturnedand did not remaintherein the land.
Now Barzillaiwas veryold,being eightyyearsold;and he had sustainedthe kingwhile he stayedat Mahanaim,for he was a verygreatman.
Pul,kingof Assyria,cameagainstthe land,and MenahemgavePula thousandtalentsof silverso that his handmight be with him to strengthenthe kingdomunder his rule.
Now the restof the actsof Menahemand allthat he did,are they not writtenin the Bookof the Chroniclesof the Kingsof Israel?
In the daysof Pekahkingof Israel,Tiglath-pileserkingof Assyriacameand capturedIjonand Abel-beth-maacahand Janoahand Kedeshand Hazorand Gileadand Galilee,allthe landof Naphtali;and he carriedthem captiveto Assyria.
So Jehoiakimgavethe silverand goldto Pharaoh,but he taxedthe landin order to givethe moneyat the commandof Pharaoh.He exactedthe silverand goldfrom the peopleof the land,eachaccording to his valuation,to giveit to PharaohNeco.
His possessionsalso were 7,000sheep,3000camels,500yokeof oxen,500femaledonkeys,and verymanyservants;and that manwas the greatestof allthe menof the east.
Now Naomihad a kinsmanof her husband,a manof greatwealth,of the familyof Elimelech,whose namewas Boaz.
