2Ki 15:19-20, 1Ch 5:26 | 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 15:19-20

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. 20 Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

1 Chronicles 5:26

26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of ^gPul king of Assyria, the spirit of ^hTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them ⁱto Halah, ^jHabor, Hara, and ^kthe river Gozan, to this day.