17. Menahem son of Gadi began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria ten years.
18. But Menahem did what was evil in the lord’s sight. During his entire reign, he refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
19. Then King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem paid him thirty-seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power.
20. Menahem extorted the money from the rich of Israel, demanding that each of them pay fifty pieces of silver to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not stay in the land.
21. The rest of the events in Menahem’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
22. When Menahem died, his son Pekahiah became the next king.
23. Pekahiah son of Menahem began to rule over Israel in the fiftieth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria two years.
24. But Pekahiah did what was evil in the lord’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
25. Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah’s army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. And Pekah reigned in his place.
26. The rest of the events in Pekahiah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
27. Pekah son of Remaliah began to rule over Israel in the fifty-second year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty years.
28. But Pekah did what was evil in the lord’s sight. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.