Även känd som: Tiglath-Pileser, Tiglath-Pileser III, Tilgat-Pilneser
Det delade kungariketKingWarriorc. 780–727 BC
Pul is the biblical name for Tiglath-Pileser III, the king of Assyria who invaded Israel during the reign of King Menahem. Menahem paid a huge tribute of one thousand talents of silver to secure Assyrian support and keep his throne. Pul played a crucial role in the Assyrian expansion that eventually led to the fall of the Northern Kingdom.
Pul (Tiglath-Pileser III) came against the land of Israel with his army, and King Menahem had to pay him one thousand talents of silver as tribute to avoid destruction.
20Menahem raised the silver from Israel, exacting fifty shekels of silver from every wealthy man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
Menahem collected the silver from all the wealthy men in Israel, fifty shekels of silver from each man, to pay the king of Assyria. Then Pul returned and did not stay in the land any longer.
20Menahem raised the silver from Israel, exacting fifty shekels of silver from every wealthy man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
Tiglath-Pileser (Pul) conquered several cities and regions in Israel, including Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, and deported their inhabitants to Assyria.
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and he deported the people to Assyria.
King Ahaz of Judah sought help from Tiglath-Pileser (Pul) against Syria and Israel, and sent him gold and silver from the temple and the king's treasury.
7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria with this message: "I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Aram and the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me."
First Chronicles identifies Pul and Tiglath-Pileser as the same person, and tells how the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of the Assyrian king to carry away the eastern tribes into exile.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away—the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh—bringing them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they remain to this day.