2 Kings 15:16–22

¹⁶Then Menahem smote ^lTiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from ^kTirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all ^mthe women therein that were with child he ript up. ¹⁷In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. ¹⁸And 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, ^gwho made Israel to sin. ¹⁹And ⁿPul the king of ^oAssyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand ^ptalents of silver, that his hand might be with him to ^qconfirm the kingdom in his hand. ²⁰And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all ^rthe mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty ^pshekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. ²¹And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ²²And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.