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Israelite officials collect weighed silver from prominent men at a Samaria treasury; an Assyrian delegation departs in the background.
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2 Kings 15:20

The cost falls on Israel

Crowns in a Fractured Land · 2 Kings 15

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20Then Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the mighty men of valor, to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver from each man. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not remain there in the land.

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