 Since Tiglath-Pileser came to the throne in 745 BC, Menahem's tribute would have to be in 745 or later, yet the "longer" chronology gave Pekah, successor to Menahem and Pekahiah, a twenty-year reign that started before this, in 752.These apparent inconsistencies led many scholars to reject all or part of the biblical sources concerning Pekah.D.