“Sai Ubangiji ya ce mini, ‘Kada ku dami Mowabawa, ko kuwa ku tsokane su, gama ba zan ba ku ƙasarsu ku mallake ta ba. Na riga na bayar da Ar ta zama mallakar zuriyar Lutu.’ ”
Tiglatfilesar, mai mulkin Assuriya, ya kawo wa ƙasar yaƙi, Menahem kuwa ya ba Tiglat-filesar talanti dubu (1,000) na azurfa, don dai ya taimake shi yadda sarautarsa za ta kahu sosai.