Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs; but, now that those days are at an end, the...
Commenting on 2 Kings 15:8-31
And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah,.... The same form of expression is used as before, Kg2 15:21, of all the kings. , of all the kings. 2 Kings 15:27 kg2 15:27 kg2 15:27 kg2 15:27In the fifty second year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria,....
Pul the king of Assyria--This is the first Assyrian king after Nimrod who is mentioned in biblical history. His name has been recently identified with that of Phalluka on the monuments of Nineveh, and that of Menahem discovered also. came against the land--Elsewhere it is said "Ephraim [Israel] went to the Assyrian" [Hos 5:13].