21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
Assyrian inscriptions show that Menahem was subsequently redfaced to subjection by Tiglath-Pileser 2-Kings 15:29.
Are they not written in - the chronicles - There are no chronicles extant, in which there is any thing farther relative to this king.
And the rest of the acts of Menahem,.... We are referred to the same book of chronicles for them as for those of the rest of the kings, which seems to be a form the historian uses of them all.
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