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Pul,
king of
Assyria,
came against the
land, and
Menahem gave Pul a
thousand talents of
silver so that his
hand might be with him to
strengthen the
kingdom under his
rule.
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Then
Menahem exacted the
money from
Israel, even from
all the
mighty men of
wealth, from
each man fifty shekels of
silver to
pay the
king of
Assyria. So the
king of
Assyria returned and did not
remain there in the
land.
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