2 Kings 15:14-22

¹⁴ Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria , and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria , and killed him and became king in his place . ¹⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy which he made , behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Israel . ¹⁶ Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah , because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up all its women who were with child .

The Reign of Menahem

¹⁷ In the thirty-ninth e year of Azariah king of Judah , Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria . ¹⁸ He did evil in the sight of the Lord ; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , which he made Israel sin . ¹⁹ 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 strengthen the kingdom under his rule . ²⁰ Then Menahem exacted the money from Israel , even from all the 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 remain there in the land . ²¹ Now the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Israel ? ²² And Menahem slept with his fathers , and Pekahiah his son became king in his place .