¹⁷ Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel during Uzziah’s thirty-ninth year as king of Judah. Menahem ·ruled [reigned] ten years in Samaria, ¹⁸ and he did ·what the Lord said was wrong [^Levil in the eyes/sight of the Lord]. Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to sin, and all the time Menahem was king, he did not ·stop doing [depart/turn away from] the same sins.

¹⁹ Pul [^Canother name for Tiglath-pileser] king of Assyria ·came to attack [invaded] the land. Menahem gave him ·about seventy-four thousand pounds [^La thousand talents] of silver so Pul would support him ·and make his hold on the kingdom stronger [in tightening his grip/hold on royal power/the kingdom]. ²⁰ Menahem ·taxed [exacted/extorted the money from] the rich in Israel to pay ·about one and one-fourth pounds [^Lfifty shekels] of silver for each soldier to the king of Assyria. So the king left and did not stay in the land.

²¹ Everything else Menahem did ·is [^Lis it not…?] written in the book of the ·history [chronicles; annals; 1:18] of the kings of Israel.