Menahem or Menachem (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם, Modern: Mənaḥēm, Tiberian: Menaḥēm, "consoler" or "comforter"; Akkadian: 𒈪𒉌𒄭𒅎𒈨 Meniḫîmme [me-ni-ḫi-im-me]; Greek: Μεναέμ Manaem in the Septuagint, Μεναέν Manaen in Aquila; Latin: Manahem; full name: Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּן-גדי, Menahem son of Gadi) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel.

[2] He destroyed the city and put all its inhabitants to death, even ripping open the pregnant women.

[5] Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria began his reign in 745 BC, seven years after Menahem had become king of Israel.

It is now generally accepted that Pul referred to in 2 Kings 15:19 is Tiglath-Pileser III of the cuneiform inscriptions.

[6] To pay the tribute, Menahem exacted fifty shekels of silver—about 11⁄4 pounds or 0.6 kg—from all the mighty men of wealth of the kingdom.