2 Kings

2 Kings 15:19

¹⁹Then Pul^f king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver^g in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

Footnotes

f 15:19 Pul is another name for Tiglath-pileser; see verse 29.
g 15:19 1,000 talents is approximately 37.7 tons or 34.2 metric tons of silver.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Pul	פ֤וּל	p̄ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6322 Pul
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Assyria	אַשּׁוּר֙	’aš·šūr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria
invaded	בָּ֣א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the land	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and Menahem	מְנַחֵם֙	mə·na·ḥêm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4505 Menachem
gave	וַיִּתֵּ֤ן	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
Pul	לְפ֔וּל	lə·p̄ūl	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6322 Pul
a thousand	אֶ֖לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular construct	H505 thousand
talents	כִּכַּר־	kik·kar-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3603 a round
of silver	כָּ֑סֶף	kā·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
in order to gain his support	לִהְי֤וֹת	lih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
and strengthen	לְהַחֲזִ֥יק	lə·ha·ḥă·zîq	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
his own grip	בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	bə·yā·ḏōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
on the kingdom	הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה	ham·mam·lā·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.