Study it in the app“Pul king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that his hands might be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.”
Pulפוּלkingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרcameבָּאagainst the land,עַל הָאָרֶץand Menahemוַ מְנַחֵםgaveיִּתֵּןPulלְפוּלa thousandאֶלֶףtalentsכִּכַּרof silver,כָּסֶףso thatלִhis handsיָדָיוmight beהְיוֹתwith himאִתּוֹto strengthenלְהַחֲזִיקthe kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָהin his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
Pul
Pul. The name of a king of Assyria who came against Israel in Menahem's time (2 Kings 15:19); 1 Chronicles 5:26 places him beside Tiglath-pileser. In Isaiah 66:19 it is the name of a people.
Where else “ful” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsMenahem
Menahem. A personal name meaning "comforter." King of Israel, son of Gadi; he took the throne by killing Shallum and reigned ten years in Samaria (2 Kings 15:14-22).
Where else “menachem” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearstalent
A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.
Where else “kikar” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kasef” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “hachazik” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlacha” appearsIt can be understood that “Pul” is another name of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria (15:29); 1 Chronicles 5:26 names the two together.
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
18He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin, all his days.
19 · This verse (above)
20Menahem imposed the silver on Israel, on all the men of worth, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver from each man. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.
