18. He sinned against the Lord, for until the day of his death he followed the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin till the day of his death.
19. Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Israel, and Menahem gave him 34 tonnes of silver to gain his support in strengthening Menahem's power over the country.
20. Menahem got the money from the rich men of Israel by forcing each one to contribute fifty pieces of silver. So Tiglath Pileser went back to his own country.
21. Everything else that Menahem did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
22. He died and was buried, and his son Pekahiah succeeded him as king.
23. In the fiftieth year of the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for two years.
24. He sinned against the Lord, following the wicked example of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
25. An officer of Pekahiah's forces, Pekah son of Remaliah, plotted with fifty men from Gilead, assassinated Pekahiah in the palace's inner fortress in Samaria, and succeeded him as king.
26. Everything else that Pekahiah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.