Pul king of Assyria came against the land. Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver to let him keep the kingdom.

Pul king of Assyria came against the land. Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver to let him keep the kingdom.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglathpileser king of Assyria captured Ijon and Abelbethmaacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people captive to Assyria.

Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came to Jerusalem to make war. They attacked Ahaz but could not conquer him.

Ahaz took the silver and gold in the Temple of Jehovah and in the king's storehouse, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and captured it. He took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?