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Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the ^(C1)thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for ^(F1)one month in ^(C2)Samaria.

Then Menahem the son of Gadi went up from ^(C1)Tirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy which he formed, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open up to him; so he attacked it and ripped up ^(C1)all its women who were pregnant.

In the ^(C1)thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned for ten years in Samaria.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD; for all his days he did not desist from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

^(C1)Pul, the king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a ^(F1)thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to ^(C2)strengthen the ^(F2)kingdom ^(F3)under his rule.

Then Menahem collected the money from Israel, from all the ^(F1)mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned and did not stay there in the land.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

And Menahem ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.