2 Reyes 15:20

Listen to 2 Reyes 15:20
20 Menajem les exigi贸 este dinero a los israelitas: todos los ricos ten铆an que pagarle al rey de Asiria medio kilo[a] de plata. Entonces el rey de Asiria se retir贸 y dej贸 de ocupar 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 Pero hizo lo que ofende al SE脩OR, pues durante toda su vida jam谩s se apart贸 de los pecados con que Jerobo谩n hijo de Nabat hizo pecar a Israel.
19 Tiglat Pil茅ser, rey de Asiria, invadi贸 el pa铆s, y Menajem le entreg贸 treinta y tres mil kilos de plata para ganarse su apoyo y mantenerse en el trono.
20 Menajem les exigi贸 este dinero a los israelitas: todos los ricos ten铆an que pagarle al rey de Asiria medio kilo de plata. Entonces el rey de Asiria se retir贸 y dej贸 de ocupar el pa铆s.
21 Los dem谩s acontecimientos del reinado de Menajem, y todo lo que hizo, est谩n escritos en el libro de las cr贸nicas de los reyes de Israel.
22 Menajem muri贸, y su hijo Pecaj铆as lo sucedi贸 en el trono.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "medio kilo" . Lit. "cincuenta siclos" .
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