Hosea 8:4 “They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don’t let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be ...

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The Message - “They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don’t let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be their ruin. Throw that gold calf-god on the trash heap, Samaria! I’m seething with anger against that rubbish! How long before they shape up? And they’re Israelites! A sculptor made that thing— it’s not God. That Samaritan calf will be broken to bits. Look at them! Planting wind-seeds, they’ll harvest tornadoes. Wheat with no head produces no flour. And even if it did, strangers would gulp it down. Israel is swallowed up and spit out. Among the pagans they’re a piece of junk. They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers. Now, because of their whoring life among the pagans, I’m going to gather them together and confront them. They’re going to reap the consequences soon, feel what it’s like to be oppressed by the big king.
新标点和合本 - 他们立君王，却不由我；他们立首领，我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们立君王，并非出于我；立官长，我却不知道。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们立君王，并非出于我；立官长，我却不知道。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
当代译本 - 他们拥立君王，未经我的同意；选立首领，没有让我知道。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，自取灭亡。
圣经新译本 - “他们立了君王，却不是出于我；他们立了首领，我却不知道。他们用自己的金银为自己做了偶像，以致他们被剪除。
现代标点和合本 - “他们立君王却不由我，他们立首领我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本（拼音版） - 他们立君王，却不由我，他们立首领，我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
New International Version - They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
New International Reader's Version - My people appoint kings I do not want. They choose princes without my permission. They use their silver and gold to make statues of gods. That is how they destroy themselves.”
English Standard Version - They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
New Living Translation - The people have appointed kings without my consent, and princes without my approval. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction.
Christian Standard Bible - They have installed kings, but not through me. They have appointed leaders, but without my approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.
New American Standard Bible - They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed officials, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, So that they will be eliminated.
New King James Version - “They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves— That they might be cut off.
Amplified Bible - They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.
American Standard Version - They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
King James Version - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
New English Translation - They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
World English Bible - They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
新標點和合本 - 他們立君王，卻不由我；他們立首領，我卻不認。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們立君王，並非出於我；立官長，我卻不知道。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們立君王，並非出於我；立官長，我卻不知道。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
當代譯本 - 他們擁立君王，未經我的同意；選立首領，沒有讓我知道。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，自取滅亡。
聖經新譯本 - “他們立了君王，卻不是出於我；他們立了首領，我卻不知道。他們用自己的金銀為自己做了偶像，以致他們被剪除。
呂振中譯本 - 他們立了王，但不是由我立的；他們立了首領，卻不是我承認的。他們用他們的銀子或金子、為自己造了偶像，好讓自己被剪除。
現代標點和合本 - 「他們立君王卻不由我，他們立首領我卻不認。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
文理和合譯本 - 彼立君王、非由於我、彼立牧伯、我不知之、以其金銀造像、必致殄滅、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼所簡之王、所立之牧、非我所悅、以金銀作偶像、必為我所殄絕。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼立王非由我立、立牧伯非我所悅、以金銀為己作偶像、必致殄絕、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Establecen reyes que yo no apruebo, y escogen autoridades que no conozco. Con su plata y con su oro se hacen imágenes para su propia destrucción.
현대인의 성경 - “내 백성이 왕들을 세웠으나 내 승낙 없이 제멋대로 세웠고 그들이 지도자들을 세웠으나 내가 모르는 일이다. 그들이 은과 금으로 자기들을 위해 우상을 만들었으니 이것이 그들에게 멸망이 될 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения . Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
Восточный перевод - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения. Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения. Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения. Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils se sont établis des rois, ╵sans mon accord, se sont donné des chefs ╵sans mon approbation . Ils ont utilisé ╵leur or et leur argent pour se fabriquer des idoles et cela causera leur perte .
リビングバイブル - イスラエルはわたしの同意なしに、王や君主を立てた。金や銀で偶像を作り、それを拝んで、わたしの助けをはねのけた。
Nova Versão Internacional - Eles instituíram reis sem o meu consentimento; escolheram líderes sem a minha aprovação. Com prata e ouro fizeram ídolos para si, para a sua própria destruição.
Hoffnung für alle - Eigenmächtig haben sie Könige und Führer über ihr Volk eingesetzt, ohne mich, den Herrn, zu fragen. Aus ihrem Silber und Gold gießen sie Götterstatuen – genauso gut könnten sie es wegwerfen !
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng chỉ định nhiều vua không cần sự đồng ý của Ta, và lập nhiều nhà lãnh đạo mà Ta chẳng hề biết đến. Chúng tự tạo cho mình những thần tượng bằng bạc và vàng, vì thế chúng tự gây cho mình sự hủy diệt.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เขาแต่งตั้งกษัตริย์โดยที่เราไม่เห็นด้วย เขาเลือกเจ้านายโดยที่เราไม่เห็นชอบ เขาใช้เงินและทองคำ สร้างเทวรูปทั้งหลาย พาตัวเองให้พินาศ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พวกเขาแต่งตั้งบรรดากษัตริย์โดยไม่ได้ปรึกษาเรา พวกเขาเลือกบรรดาผู้นำโดยไม่ขอความเห็นจากเรา พวกเขาหล่อรูปเคารพด้วยเงินและทองคำ ซึ่งก่อความพินาศให้แก่ตนเอง

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John 10:14 - “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They’ll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father.”
Jeremiah 44:7 - “This is the Message of God, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: ‘So why are you ruining your lives by amputating yourselves—man, woman, child, and baby—from the life of Judah, leaving yourselves isolated, unconnected? And why do you deliberately make me angry by what you do, offering sacrifices to these no-gods in the land of Egypt where you’ve come to live? You’ll only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an example used in curses and an object of ridicule among all the nations of the earth.
Matthew 25:12 - “He answered, ‘Do I know you? I don’t think I know you.’
1 Kings 12:28 - So the king came up with a plan: He made two golden calves. Then he announced, “It’s too much trouble for you to go to Jerusalem to worship. Look at these—the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” He put one calf in Bethel; the other he placed in Dan. This was blatant sin. Think of it—people traveling all the way to Dan to worship a calf!
1 Kings 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king hadn’t listened to a word they’d said, they stood up to him and said, Get lost, David! We’ve had it with you, son of Jesse! Let’s get out of here, Israel, and fast! From now on, David, mind your own business. And with that, they left. But Rehoboam continued to rule those who lived in the towns of Judah. * * *
1 Kings 12:18 - When King Rehoboam next sent out Adoniram, head of the workforce, the Israelites ganged up on him, pelted him with stones, and killed him. King Rehoboam jumped in his chariot and fled to Jerusalem as fast as he could. Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic regime ever since.
1 Kings 12:20 - When the word was out that Jeroboam was back and available, the assembled people invited him and inaugurated him king over all Israel. The only tribe left to the Davidic dynasty was Judah.
2 Kings 15:10 - Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, assassinated him in public view, and took over as king.
2 Kings 15:11 - The rest of the life and times of Zechariah is written plainly in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. That completed the word of God that was given to Jehu, namely, “For four generations your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” Zechariah was the fourth.
2 Kings 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah. He was king in Samaria for only a month.
2 Kings 15:14 - Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh and killed him. He then became king.
2 Kings 15:15 - The rest of the life and times of Shallum and the account of the conspiracy are written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:16 - Using Tirzah as his base, Menahem opened his reign by smashing Tiphsah, devastating both the town and its suburbs because they didn’t welcome him with open arms. He savagely ripped open all the pregnant women.
2 Kings 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He ruled from Samaria for ten years. As far as God was concerned he lived an evil life. Sin for sin, he repeated the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:19 - Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country.
2 Kings 15:21 - The rest of the life and times of Menahem, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Menahem died and joined his ancestors. His son Pekahiah became the next king.
2 Kings 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for two years. In God’s eyes he lived an evil life. He stuck to the old sin tracks of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:25 - And then his military aide Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him—killed him in cold blood while he was in his private quarters in the royal palace in Samaria. He also killed Argob and Arieh. Fifty Gadites were in on the conspiracy with him. After the murder he became the next king.
2 Kings 15:26 - The rest of the life and times of Pekahiah, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for twenty years. In God’s view he lived an evil life; he didn’t deviate so much as a hair’s breadth from the path laid down by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:29 - During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee—the whole country of Naphtali—and took everyone captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 15:30 - But then Hoshea son of Elah mounted a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took over as king. This was in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

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The Message - “They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don’t let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be their ruin. Throw that gold calf-god on the trash heap, Samaria! I’m seething with anger against that rubbish! How long before they shape up? And they’re Israelites! A sculptor made that thing— it’s not God. That Samaritan calf will be broken to bits. Look at them! Planting wind-seeds, they’ll harvest tornadoes. Wheat with no head produces no flour. And even if it did, strangers would gulp it down. Israel is swallowed up and spit out. Among the pagans they’re a piece of junk. They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers. Now, because of their whoring life among the pagans, I’m going to gather them together and confront them. They’re going to reap the consequences soon, feel what it’s like to be oppressed by the big king.
新标点和合本 - 他们立君王，却不由我；他们立首领，我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们立君王，并非出于我；立官长，我却不知道。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们立君王，并非出于我；立官长，我却不知道。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
当代译本 - 他们拥立君王，未经我的同意；选立首领，没有让我知道。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，自取灭亡。
圣经新译本 - “他们立了君王，却不是出于我；他们立了首领，我却不知道。他们用自己的金银为自己做了偶像，以致他们被剪除。
现代标点和合本 - “他们立君王却不由我，他们立首领我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本（拼音版） - 他们立君王，却不由我，他们立首领，我却不认。他们用金银为自己制造偶像，以致被剪除。
New International Version - They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
New International Reader's Version - My people appoint kings I do not want. They choose princes without my permission. They use their silver and gold to make statues of gods. That is how they destroy themselves.”
English Standard Version - They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
New Living Translation - The people have appointed kings without my consent, and princes without my approval. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction.
Christian Standard Bible - They have installed kings, but not through me. They have appointed leaders, but without my approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.
New American Standard Bible - They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed officials, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, So that they will be eliminated.
New King James Version - “They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves— That they might be cut off.
Amplified Bible - They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off.
American Standard Version - They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
King James Version - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
New English Translation - They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
World English Bible - They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
新標點和合本 - 他們立君王，卻不由我；他們立首領，我卻不認。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們立君王，並非出於我；立官長，我卻不知道。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們立君王，並非出於我；立官長，我卻不知道。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
當代譯本 - 他們擁立君王，未經我的同意；選立首領，沒有讓我知道。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，自取滅亡。
聖經新譯本 - “他們立了君王，卻不是出於我；他們立了首領，我卻不知道。他們用自己的金銀為自己做了偶像，以致他們被剪除。
呂振中譯本 - 他們立了王，但不是由我立的；他們立了首領，卻不是我承認的。他們用他們的銀子或金子、為自己造了偶像，好讓自己被剪除。
現代標點和合本 - 「他們立君王卻不由我，他們立首領我卻不認。他們用金銀為自己製造偶像，以致被剪除。
文理和合譯本 - 彼立君王、非由於我、彼立牧伯、我不知之、以其金銀造像、必致殄滅、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼所簡之王、所立之牧、非我所悅、以金銀作偶像、必為我所殄絕。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼立王非由我立、立牧伯非我所悅、以金銀為己作偶像、必致殄絕、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Establecen reyes que yo no apruebo, y escogen autoridades que no conozco. Con su plata y con su oro se hacen imágenes para su propia destrucción.
현대인의 성경 - “내 백성이 왕들을 세웠으나 내 승낙 없이 제멋대로 세웠고 그들이 지도자들을 세웠으나 내가 모르는 일이다. 그들이 은과 금으로 자기들을 위해 우상을 만들었으니 이것이 그들에게 멸망이 될 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения . Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
Восточный перевод - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения. Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения. Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он возводил царей без Моего согласия, выбирал вождей без Моего одобрения. Из своего серебра и золота люди делают для себя идолов себе на погибель.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils se sont établis des rois, ╵sans mon accord, se sont donné des chefs ╵sans mon approbation . Ils ont utilisé ╵leur or et leur argent pour se fabriquer des idoles et cela causera leur perte .
リビングバイブル - イスラエルはわたしの同意なしに、王や君主を立てた。金や銀で偶像を作り、それを拝んで、わたしの助けをはねのけた。
Nova Versão Internacional - Eles instituíram reis sem o meu consentimento; escolheram líderes sem a minha aprovação. Com prata e ouro fizeram ídolos para si, para a sua própria destruição.
Hoffnung für alle - Eigenmächtig haben sie Könige und Führer über ihr Volk eingesetzt, ohne mich, den Herrn, zu fragen. Aus ihrem Silber und Gold gießen sie Götterstatuen – genauso gut könnten sie es wegwerfen !
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng chỉ định nhiều vua không cần sự đồng ý của Ta, và lập nhiều nhà lãnh đạo mà Ta chẳng hề biết đến. Chúng tự tạo cho mình những thần tượng bằng bạc và vàng, vì thế chúng tự gây cho mình sự hủy diệt.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เขาแต่งตั้งกษัตริย์โดยที่เราไม่เห็นด้วย เขาเลือกเจ้านายโดยที่เราไม่เห็นชอบ เขาใช้เงินและทองคำ สร้างเทวรูปทั้งหลาย พาตัวเองให้พินาศ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พวกเขาแต่งตั้งบรรดากษัตริย์โดยไม่ได้ปรึกษาเรา พวกเขาเลือกบรรดาผู้นำโดยไม่ขอความเห็นจากเรา พวกเขาหล่อรูปเคารพด้วยเงินและทองคำ ซึ่งก่อความพินาศให้แก่ตนเอง

John 10:14 - “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They’ll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father.”
Jeremiah 44:7 - “This is the Message of God, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: ‘So why are you ruining your lives by amputating yourselves—man, woman, child, and baby—from the life of Judah, leaving yourselves isolated, unconnected? And why do you deliberately make me angry by what you do, offering sacrifices to these no-gods in the land of Egypt where you’ve come to live? You’ll only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an example used in curses and an object of ridicule among all the nations of the earth.
Matthew 25:12 - “He answered, ‘Do I know you? I don’t think I know you.’
1 Kings 12:28 - So the king came up with a plan: He made two golden calves. Then he announced, “It’s too much trouble for you to go to Jerusalem to worship. Look at these—the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” He put one calf in Bethel; the other he placed in Dan. This was blatant sin. Think of it—people traveling all the way to Dan to worship a calf!
1 Kings 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king hadn’t listened to a word they’d said, they stood up to him and said, Get lost, David! We’ve had it with you, son of Jesse! Let’s get out of here, Israel, and fast! From now on, David, mind your own business. And with that, they left. But Rehoboam continued to rule those who lived in the towns of Judah. * * *
1 Kings 12:18 - When King Rehoboam next sent out Adoniram, head of the workforce, the Israelites ganged up on him, pelted him with stones, and killed him. King Rehoboam jumped in his chariot and fled to Jerusalem as fast as he could. Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic regime ever since.
1 Kings 12:20 - When the word was out that Jeroboam was back and available, the assembled people invited him and inaugurated him king over all Israel. The only tribe left to the Davidic dynasty was Judah.
2 Kings 15:10 - Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, assassinated him in public view, and took over as king.
2 Kings 15:11 - The rest of the life and times of Zechariah is written plainly in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. That completed the word of God that was given to Jehu, namely, “For four generations your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” Zechariah was the fourth.
2 Kings 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah. He was king in Samaria for only a month.
2 Kings 15:14 - Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh and killed him. He then became king.
2 Kings 15:15 - The rest of the life and times of Shallum and the account of the conspiracy are written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:16 - Using Tirzah as his base, Menahem opened his reign by smashing Tiphsah, devastating both the town and its suburbs because they didn’t welcome him with open arms. He savagely ripped open all the pregnant women.
2 Kings 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He ruled from Samaria for ten years. As far as God was concerned he lived an evil life. Sin for sin, he repeated the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:19 - Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country.
2 Kings 15:21 - The rest of the life and times of Menahem, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Menahem died and joined his ancestors. His son Pekahiah became the next king.
2 Kings 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for two years. In God’s eyes he lived an evil life. He stuck to the old sin tracks of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:25 - And then his military aide Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him—killed him in cold blood while he was in his private quarters in the royal palace in Samaria. He also killed Argob and Arieh. Fifty Gadites were in on the conspiracy with him. After the murder he became the next king.
2 Kings 15:26 - The rest of the life and times of Pekahiah, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for twenty years. In God’s view he lived an evil life; he didn’t deviate so much as a hair’s breadth from the path laid down by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:29 - During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee—the whole country of Naphtali—and took everyone captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 15:30 - But then Hoshea son of Elah mounted a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took over as king. This was in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.