2 Kings 15:19
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
Note Pul is another name for Tiglath-pileser; see verse 29.
Note 1,000 talents is approximately 37.7 tons or 34.2 metric tons of silver.
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Note A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons
There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Pul
- A.M. 3233. B.C. 771. Prideaux supposes that this Pul was the father of the famous Sardanapalus, who was called Sardan with his father's name Pul annexed, as was frequent in those times, making Sardanpul: thus Merodach, king of Babylon, was Merodach-Baladan, because he was the son Baladan. This Pul began to reign according to Usher, A.M. 3237, the fifth year of Menahem; and he is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh, when Jonah preached in that city.
- 1 Chronicles 5:25, 26; Isaiah 9:1
- Menahem
- 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 17:3, 4; 2 Kings 18:16; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 8:9, 10; Hosea 10:6
- to confirm
- 2 Kings 14:5; Jeremiah 17:5