¹⁰ Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father^(A) and priest,^(B) and I’ll give you ten shekels^[a] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.”

²⁰ Menahem exacted this money from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels^[a] of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew^(A) and stayed in the land no longer.