19 Pul+ the king of As·syrʹi·a+ came into the land. Consequently Menʹa·hem gave+ Pul a thousand talents of silver,+ that his hands might prove to be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his own hand.+
18 And now what concern should you have for the way of Egypt+ in order to drink the waters of Shiʹhor?*+ And what concern should you have for the way of As·syrʹi·a+ in order to drink the waters of the River?*
5 “And O·hoʹlah began to prostitute herself,+ while subject to me, and kept lusting after those passionately loving her,+ after the As·syrʹi·ans,+ who were near,