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This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu,saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
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For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smoteShallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chroniclesof the kings of Israel.
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Then MenahemsmoteTiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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And Pul the king of Assyriacame against the land: and MenahemgavePul a thousandtalents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
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And Menahemexacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of eachmanfiftyshekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.