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19 (A)Pul[a] the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave (B)Pul a thousand talents[b] of silver, that he might help him (C)to confirm his hold on the royal power.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 15:19 Another name for Tiglath-pileser III (compare verse 29)
  2. 2 Kings 15:19 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, (A)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured (B)Ijon, (C)Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, (D)Kedesh, (E)Hazor, Gilead, and (F)Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

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