2 Kings 15:19
19 aPul ▼▼Another name for Tiglath-pileser III (compare verse 29)
the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave cPul a thousand talents ▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of silver, that he might help him eto confirm his hold on the royal power. 1 Chronicles 5:26
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of fPul king of Assyria, the spirit of gTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them hto Halah, iHabor, Hara, and jthe river Gozan, to this day.
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