2 Kings 15:20 meaning and explanation
Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
2 Kings 15:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Menahem, king of Israel in Samaria, faced invasion by Pul, the Assyrian king also known as Tiglath-pileser III. To keep his throne, Menahem paid a thousand talents of silver as tribute, and this verse describes how he raised it: a levy of fifty shekels from each wealthy man in Israel.
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