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== The tribute==

== The tribute==

The Bible says that an [[Assyria]]n ruler named Pul moved his army to the border of the Northern Kingdom, with a view to invasion. Menahem hastily raised a handsome sum of 1,000 [[silver]] [[talent]]s<ref name=WebBible/><ref name=HSI/> by taxing every wealthy man in the kingdom a flat tax (called a capitation tax or head tax) of fifty silver [[shekel]]s.<ref name=HSI/> Pul took this tribute and marched away.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=15|verses=19-20}}</ref>

The Bible says that an [[Assyria]]n ruler named Pul moved his army to the border of the Northern Kingdom, with a view to invasion. Menahem hastily raised a handsome sum of 1,000 [[silver]] [[talent]]s<ref name=WebBible/><ref name=HSI/> by taxing every wealthy man in the kingdom a flat [[tax]] (called a [[capitation tax]] or head tax) of fifty silver [[shekel]]s.<ref name=HSI/> Pul took this tribute and marched away.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=15|verses=19-20}}</ref>

Thiele and other Assyriologists<ref name=Wood/> identified this Pul as [[Tiglath-Pileser III]], mainly because Tiglath-Peleser III says that he received a tribute from a king of Israel. This, according to the Thiele system, would have occurred in the seventh or eighth year of Menahem's reign.

Thiele and other Assyriologists<ref name=Wood/> identified this Pul as [[Tiglath-Pileser III]], mainly because Tiglath-Peleser III says that he received a tribute from a king of Israel. This, according to the Thiele system, would have occurred in the seventh or eighth year of Menahem's reign.