2 Kings 15:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised King Pul , of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 35 tonnes of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Pul the king of Assyria 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There came against the land Pul king of Assyria, and Menahem gave Pul 1,000 talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his kingship. American Standard Version (1901) There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. Common English Bible When Assyria’s King Tiglath-pileser marched against the land, Menahem gave Tiglath-pileser one thousand silver kikkars in order to become his ally and to strengthen his hold on the kingdom. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Pul, the king of the Assyrians, came into the land. And Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, so that he would be a help to him, and so that he might strengthen his kingdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Phul king of the Assyrians came into the land: and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver, to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom. |
So King Joash of Judah took all the items consecrated by himself and by his ancestors #– #Judah’s kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah #– #as well as all the gold found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the king’s palace, and he sent them to King Hazael of Aram. Then Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah killed his servants who had killed his father the king.
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
Then Menahem exacted 575 grams of silver from each of the prominent men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.
In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali #– #and deported the people to Assyria.
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace and sent them to the king of Assyria as a bribe.
At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the Lord’s sanctuary and from the doorposts he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
So now, our God #– #the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant – do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us, our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the Assyrian kings until today.
Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will bring honour to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.
This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength, and his heart turns from the Lord.
Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
‘Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors
The calf itself will be taken to Assyria as an offering to the great king. , Ephraim will experience shame; Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent a delegation to the great king. , But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.