14. Then Menahem, son of Gadi, came from Tirzah to Samaria, attacked Shallum (son of Jabesh), killed him, and succeeded him as king.
15. Everything else about Shallum—all about his conspiracy—is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
16. Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, everyone there, and its territory. Because the city didn’t open its gates for him, he attacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.
17. In Azariah’s thirty-ninth year as king of Judah, Menahem, son of Gadi, began to rule as king of Israel. He ruled for 10 years in Samaria.
18. He did what the Lord considered evil. During his entire life he never turned away from the sins that Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
19. King Pul of Assyria came to ⌊attack⌋ the country. So Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver to gain his support and help strengthen his hold on the kingdom.
20. Menahem raised the money from all the wealthy men in Israel. Each gave 20 ounces of silver for the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left the country.
21. Isn’t everything else about Menahem—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
22. Menahem lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.
23. In Azariah’s fiftieth year as king of Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah began to rule. Pekahiah was king of Israel in Samaria for two years.
24. He did what the Lord considered evil. He didn’t turn away from the sins that Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
25. His officer Pekah, son of Remaliah, plotted against him. With 50 men from Gilead, Pekah attacked Pekahiah, Argob, and Arieh in the fortress of the royal palace in Samaria. Pekah killed him and succeeded him as king.
26. Everything else about Pekahiah—everything he did—is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
27. In Azariah’s fifty-second year as king of Judah, Pekah, son of Remaliah, began to rule Israel in Samaria. He ruled for 20 years.
28. He did what the Lord considered evil. He did not turn away from the sins that Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
29. In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and the entire territory of Naphtali. He also took the people away to Assyria as captives.