Lièwángjìxià 15:20

20 Mǐ ná xiàn xiàng Yǐsèliè yīqiè dà fù hù suǒ yào yínzi , shǐ tāmen gè chū wǔ shí Shĕkèlè , jiù gĕi le Yàshù wáng . yúshì Yàshù wáng huí qù , bú zaì guó zhōng tíng liú .

Lièwángjìxià 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.

Lièwángjìxià 15:20 In-Context

18 Tā xíng Yēhéhuá yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì , zhōng shēn bù líkāi ní bā de érzi Yéluóbōān shǐ Yǐsèliè rén xiàn zaì zuì lǐ de nà zuì .

19 Yàshù wáng pǔ lè lái gōngjī Yǐsèliè guó , mǐ ná xiàn gĕi tā yī qiā tā lián dé yínzi , qǐng pǔ lè bāngzhu tā jiāndéng guó wèi .

20 Mǐ ná xiàn xiàng Yǐsèliè yīqiè dà fù hù suǒ yào yínzi , shǐ tāmen gè chū wǔ shí Shĕkèlè , jiù gĕi le Yàshù wáng . yúshì Yàshù wáng huí qù , bú zaì guó zhōng tíng liú .

21 Mǐ ná xiàn qíyú de shì , fán tā suǒ xíng de dōu xiĕ zaì Yǐsèliè zhū wáng jì shàng .

22 Mǐ ná xiàn yǔ tā lièzǔ tóng shuì . tā érzi bǐ jiā xiá jiēxù tā zuò wáng .