2 Reyes 15:20

Listen to 2 Reyes 15:20
20 Entonces Manahem exigi贸 el dinero a Israel, a todos los ricos poderosos, de cada uno cincuenta siclos de plata para pagar al rey de Asiria. Y el rey de Asiria se volvi贸 y no se detuvo all铆 en el pa铆s.

2 Reyes 15:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:20

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the
mighty men of wealth
Who were most able to pay it, by which means he eased the poor, and might thereby attach them to him:

of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria:
that is, he required them to pay fifty shekels apiece to make up the above sum as a present to Pul; though the words in the original text lie more naturally thus, "to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for one man"; that is, for every man in his army; which amounted to about six pounds a man:

so the king of Assyria turned back;
to his own country:

and stayed not there in the land;
in the land of Israel, neither to distress nor to help Menahem, for which he gave him the money.

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2 Reyes 15:20 In-Context

18 E hizo lo malo ante los ojos del SE脩OR; todos sus d铆as no se apart贸 de los pecados con que Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, hizo pecar a Israel.
19 Pul, rey de Asiria, vino contra el pa铆s, y Manahem dio a Pul mil talentos de plata para que su mano estuviera con 茅l para fortalecer el reino bajo su mando.
20 Entonces Manahem exigi贸 el dinero a Israel, a todos los ricos poderosos, de cada uno cincuenta siclos de plata para pagar al rey de Asiria. Y el rey de Asiria se volvi贸 y no se detuvo all铆 en el pa铆s.
21 Los dem谩s hechos de Manahem y todo lo que hizo, 驴no est谩n escritos en el libro de las Cr贸nicas de los reyes de Israel?
22 Y durmi贸 Manahem con sus padres, y su hijo Peka铆a rein贸 en su lugar.
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