2 Kings 15:20
ContextNETBible | 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. 1 Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land. |
NIV © biblegateway 2Ki 15:20 |
Menahem exacted this money from Israel. Every wealthy man had to contribute fifty shekels of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and stayed in the land no longer. |
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 15:20 |
Then Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned and did not remain there in the land. |
NLT © biblegateway 2Ki 15:20 |
Menahem extorted the money from the rich of Israel, demanding that each of them pay twenty ounces of silver in the form of a special tax. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not stay in the land. |
MSG © biblegateway 2Ki 15:20 |
He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country. |
BBE © SABDAweb 2Ki 15:20 |
And Menahem got the money from Israel, from all the men of wealth, fifty silver shekels from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria went back without stopping in the land. |
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Ki 15:20 |
Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy, fifty shekels of silver from each one, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land. |
NKJV © biblegateway 2Ki 15:20 |
And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land. |
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KJV | And Menahem <04505> the money <03701> of Israel <03478>_, [even] of all the mighty men <01368> of wealth <02428>_, of each <0259> man <0376> fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver <03701>_, to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_. So the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> not there in the land <0776>_. {exacted: Heb. caused to come forth} |
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 15:20 |
Then Menahem <04505> exacted <03318> the money <03701> from Israel <03478> , even from all <03605> the mighty <01368> men <01368> of wealth <02428> , from each <0259> man <0376> fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver <03701> to pay <05414> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> . So the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> returned <07725> and did not remain <05975> there <08033> in the land <0776> . |
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NET [draft] ITL | Menahem <04505> got <03318> this silver <03701> by <05921> taxing all <03605> the wealthy men <02428> <01368> in Israel <03478> ; he took <05414> fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver <03701> from each <0376> one <0259> of them and paid it to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> . Then the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> left <07725> ; he did not <03808> stay <05975> there <08033> in the land <0776> . |
HEBREW |
NETBible | 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. 1 Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land. |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.” |