| Tiglath Pileser |
| 2Kings
16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser
king of Assyria |
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| Stone
panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser.
British Museum. |
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Tiglath-Pileser
stela from the walls of his palace. British Museum.
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| A
woman looks at wall reliefs
from the Palace of King Tiglath-Pileser at the
British Museum. |
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History
Tiglath-Pileser III
was a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century
BC and is widely regarded
as the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He
is considered one of the most successful military
commanders in world history, conquering most
of the world known to the ancient Assyrians before
his death.
The name Tiglath-Pileser was a throne-name -
that is, one given to the king on his accession
to
the throne, rather than a name given at birth.
In translation, it means "my confidence
is the son of Esharra." It is given in several
different forms in historical records. The Bible
records him as Tiglath Pileser and the much-abbreviated
Pul (1 Chronicles 5:26 and 2 Kings 15:19,20).
This
latter resembles
the name he took for his coronation as King of
Babylon, Pul.
Scriptures
2 Kings 15:29 In the
days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser
king of Assyria, and took
Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee,
all the land of Naphtali, and carried them
captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 16:7 So
Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser
king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant
and thy son: come up, and save me out of the
hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand
of the king of Israel, which rise up against
me.
2 Kings 16:10 And
king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser
king of Assyria, and
saw
an altar that was at Damascus: and king
Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion
of the
altar, and the pattern of it, according to
all the workmanship thereof. |
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