15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria. ²  15:18 He did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord; he did not repudiate ⁴  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. ⁵ 

During his reign, 15:19 Pul ⁶  king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid ⁷  him ⁸  a thousand talents ⁹  of silver to gain his support ¹⁰  and to solidify his control of the kingdom. ¹¹  15:20 Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. ¹²  Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

16:1 Now Sarai, ¹  Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, ²  but she had an Egyptian servant ³  named Hagar. ⁴ 

18:13 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why ¹  did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really ²  have a child when I am old?’ 18:14 Is anything impossible ³  for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.” ⁴  18:15 Then Sarah lied, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the Lord said, “No! You did laugh.” ⁵ 

18:16 When the men got up to leave, ⁶  they looked out over ⁷  Sodom. (Now ⁸  Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.) ⁹