2 Kings 15:14-25

2 Kings 15:14-25

[14] For Menahem  the son  of Gadi  went up  from Tirzah,  and came  to Samaria,  and smote  Shallum  the son  of Jabesh  in Samaria,  and slew  him, and reigned  [15] And the rest  of the acts  of Shallum,  and his conspiracy  which he made,  behold, they are written  in the book  of the chronicles  of the kings  of Israel.  [16] Then Menahem  smote  Tiphsah,  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.  [17] In 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.  [18] 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.  [19] And Pul  the king  of Assyria  came  against the land:  and Menahem  gave  Pul  a thousand  talents  of silver,  that his hand  might be with him to confirm  the kingdom  in his hand.  [20] And Menahem  exacted  the money  of Israel,  even of all the mighty men  of wealth,  of each  man  fifty  shekels  of silver,  to give  to the king  of Assyria.  So the king  of Assyria  turned back,  and stayed  not there in the land.  [21] And 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?  [22] And Menahem  slept  with his fathers;  and Pekahiah  his son  reigned  in his stead. [23] In the fiftieth  year  of Azariah  king  of Judah  Pekahiah  the son  of Menahem  began to reign  over Israel  in Samaria,  and reigned two years.  [24] And he did  that which was evil  in the sight  of the LORD:  he departed  not from the sins  of Jeroboam  the son  of Nebat,  who made Israel  to sin.  [25] But Pekah  the son  of Remaliah,  a captain  of his, conspired  against him, and smote  him in Samaria,  in the palace  of the king's  house,  with Argob  and Arieh,  and with him fifty  men  of the Gileadites:  and he killed  him, and reigned  in his room.