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.”

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  1. Judges 17:10 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams

10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

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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.

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  1. 2 Kings 15:20 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams

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.

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