2Ki 15:19, 17:4 | ESV | STEP | Pul the king of Assyria came against the land , and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver , that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power .

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.

2 Kings 17:4

4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.