Thematic Bible: Forced taxes from menahem, king of israel
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Pul king of Assyria came against the land. Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver to let him keep the kingdom.
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.