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Menahem did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. During his entire reign,
he refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel
to commit.
Then King T
iglath-pileser of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem
paid him thirty-seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening
his grip on royal power. Menahem extorted the money from the rich of
Israel, demanding that each of them pay fifty pieces of silver to the king
of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not
stay in the land.
The rest of the events in Menahem’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel. When Menahem
died, his son Pekahiah became the next king.
Pekahiah son of Menah em began to rule over Israel in the fiftieth year of
King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria two years. But Pekahiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins
that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah’s army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the
king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria.
And Pekah reigned in his place.
The rest of the events in Pekahiah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
Pekah son of Remaliah began to rule over Israel in the fifty-second year
of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty years. But
Pekah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He refused to turn from the
sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
During Pekah’s reign, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Israel again,
and he captured the towns of Ijon, A
bel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh,
and Hazor. He also conquered the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all of
Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives. Then Hoshea son
of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule
over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.