2 Kings 15:19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 Pul[a](A) king of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds[b] of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grip on the kingdom.(B)
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- 2 Kings 15:19 = Tiglath-pileser
- 2 Kings 15:19 Lit 1,000 talents
2 Kings 17:3-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 Shalmaneser(A) king of Assyria attacked him,(B) and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute money. 4 But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea’s conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt(C) and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years.[a] Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.(D)
The Fall of Samaria
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea,(E) the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported(F) the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes.(G)
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- 2 Kings 17:4 Lit as year by year
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