Discovery Box| (1.0006772241993) | 2Ki 15:22 |
| Menahem passed away<n id="1" /> and his son Pekahiah replaced him as king.p> |
| (0.8730828113879) | 2Ki 15:14 |
| Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to<n id="1" /> Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh.<n id="2" /> He killed him and took his place as king. |
| (0.8730828113879) | 2Ki 15:17 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria.<n id="1" /> |
| (0.8730828113879) | 2Ki 15:19 |
| Pul<n id="1" /> king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid<n id="2" /> him<n id="3" /> a thousand talents<n id="4" /> of silver to gain his support<n id="5" /> and to solidify his control of the kingdom.<n id="6" /> |
| (0.8730828113879) | 2Ki 15:21 |
| <p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.<n id="1" /> |
| (0.8730828113879) | 2Ki 15:23 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria<n id="1" /> for two years. |
| (0.80928558718861) | 2Ki 15:16 |
| At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender.<n id="1" /> He even ripped open the pregnant women.p> |
| (0.80928558718861) | 2Ki 15:20 |
| Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria.<n id="1" /> Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.p> |
