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19 Pul[a] king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid[b] him[c] 1,000 talents[d] of silver to gain his support[e] and to solidify his control of the kingdom.[f]

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  1. 2 Kings 15:19 sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-Pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72.
  2. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “gave.”
  3. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  4. 2 Kings 15:19 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.”
  5. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.”
  6. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.”

26 So the God of Israel stirred up[a] King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria),[b] and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:26 tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:26 tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-Pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-Pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).