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Tiglath-Pileser III.
Tiglath-Pileser III was the Assyrian king also known as Pul. He conquered Damascus, weakened Israel, carried many Israelites into captivity, and received tribute from Ahaz of Judah.
Definition
Tiglath-Pileser III was the Assyrian king also known as Pul. He conquered Damascus, weakened Israel, deported many Israelites, and received tribute from Ahaz of Judah.
Biblical Usage
He attacked the northern kingdom, took much of its territory, and carried away inhabitants from the tribes east of the Jordan and from Naphtali. He killed Rezin of Damascus and received submission from Ahaz.
Historical Background
Tiglath-Pileser III founded what is called the second Assyrian Empire, centered at Nineveh. He died about 728 B.C. and was succeeded by Ulula, who assumed the name Shalmaneser IV.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2 Chr. 26:1), king of Judah, whose achievements are described in 2 Chr. 26:6-15. He is first mentioned in Scripture, however, as gaining a victory over Pekah, king of Israel, and Rezin of Damascus, who were confederates. He put Rezin to death, and punished Pekah by taking a considerable portion of his kingdom, and carrying off (B.C. 734) a vast number of its inhabitants into captivity (2 Kings 15:29; 16:5-9; 1 Chr. 5:6, 26), the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh whom he settled in Gozan. In the Assyrian annals it is further related that, before he returned from Syria, he held a court at Damascus, and received submission and tribute from the neighbouring kings, among whom were Pekah of Samaria and “Yahu-khazi [i.e., Ahaz], king of Judah” (comp. 2 Kings 16:10-16). He was the founder of what is called “the second Assyrian empire,” an empire meant to embrace the whole world, the centre of which should be Nineveh. He died B.C. 728, and was succeeded by a general of his army, Ulula, who assumed the name Shalmaneser IV.