2Ki 15:19, 17:4-6, Isa 30:6-7, Hos 5:13 | 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 17:4-6

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. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.

The Fall of Israel

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria ^fcaptured Samaria, ^gand he carried the Israelites away to Assyria ^hand placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of ⁱGozan, and in the cities of ^jthe Medes.

Isaiah 30:6-7

6 An ^koracle on ^lthe beasts of ^mthe Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the ⁿflying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
7 Egypt’s ^ohelp is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
^p“Rahab who sits still.”

Hosea 5:13

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ^qhis wound,
then Ephraim went ^rto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^tBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ^uyour wound.