^19 (A)Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to ^(B)strengthen the kingdom ^[a]under his rule.

²⁹ In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ^[a](A)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and ^[b]captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and ^(B)he carried them captive to Assyria.

²⁰ So ^(A)Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.