| NETBible | Pul 1 king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid 2 him 3 a thousand talents 4 of silver to gain his support 5 and to solidify his control of the kingdom. 6 |
| NIV © |
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom. |
| NASB © |
Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. |
| NLT © |
Then King Tiglath–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. |
| MSG © |
Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. |
| BBE © |
In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom. |
| NRSV © |
King Pul of Assyria came against the land; Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that he might help him confirm his hold on the royal power. |
| NKJV © |
Pul king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his control. |
| KJV | [And] Pul <06322> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came <0935> (8804) against the land <0776>_: and Menahem <04505> gave <05414> (8799) Pul <06322> a thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701>_, that his hand <03027> might be with him to confirm <02388> (8687) the kingdom <04467> in his hand <03027>_. |
| NASB © |
Pul <6322> , king <4428> of Assyria <804> , came <935> against <5921> the land <776> , and Menahem <4505> gave <5414> Pul <6322> a thousand <505> talents <3603> of silver <3701> so that his hand <3027> might be with him to strengthen <2388> the kingdom <4467> under his rule .<3027> |
| LXXM | en <1722> PREP taiv <3588> T-DPF hmeraiv <2250> N-DPF autou <846> D-GSM anebh <305> V-AAI-3S foul {N-PRI} basileuv <935> N-NSM assuriwn {N-GPM} epi <1909> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ manahm {N-PRI} edwken <1325> V-AAI-3S tw <3588> T-DSM foul {N-PRI} cilia <5507> A-APN talanta <5007> N-APN arguriou <694> N-GSN einai <1510> V-PAN thn <3588> T-ASF ceira <5495> N-ASF autou <846> D-GSM met <3326> PREP autou <846> D-GSM |
| NET [draft] ITL | Pul <06322> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> invaded <0935> the land <0776> , and Menahem <04505> paid <05414> him <06322> a thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> to gain <01961> his support <03027> and to solidify <02388> his control <03027> of the kingdom .<04467> |
| HEBREW | wdyb <03027> hklmmh <04467> qyzxhl <02388> wta <0854> wydy <03027> twyhl <01961> Pok <03701> rkk <03603> Pla <0505> lwpl <06322> Mxnm <04505> Ntyw <05414> Urah <0776> le <05921> rwsa <0804> Klm <04428> lwp <06322> ab (15:19) <0935> |
| NETBible | Pul 1 king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid 2 him 3 a thousand talents 4 of silver to gain his support 5 and to solidify his control of the kingdom. 6 |
| NET Notes |
1 sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72. 2 tn Heb “gave.” 3 tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. 4 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.” 5 tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.” 6 tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.” |