2Ki 15:19, Eze 23:5-9, Hos 5:13, 7:11 | 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.

Ezekiel 23:5-9

5 “Oholah played the whore ^fwhile she was mine, and ^gshe lusted after her lovers ^hthe Assyrians, warriors 6 clothed in purple, ⁱgovernors and commanders, ^jall of them desirable young men, ^khorsemen riding on horses. 7 She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted. 8 She did not give up her whoring ^lthat she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her. 9 Therefore ^mI delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.

Hosea 5:13

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

Hosea 7:11

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
^ssilly and without sense,
calling to ^tEgypt, going to ^uAssyria.