The Importance of Delaying the Inevitable

The king of Assyria levied a huge tax, especially against everybody well. He exacted the money from Israel, that is from all the wealthy men and 50 checkers of silver from every man to give to him. And this sort of seems very much like a, you're just delaying something. But it politically speaking, it worked. The king of Assyrian did turn back and he didn't stay there in the land but he would be back as would his successors.