Tiglath-Pileser I.
Tiglath-Pileser I (from the Hebraic form[1] of Akkadian:
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra")
(ܬܲܟܲܠܬܝܼ ܐܵܦܸܠ ܥܝܼܫܵܪܵܐ) was a king of Assyria during the Middle
Assyrian period (1114–1076 BC). According to Georges Roux,
Tiglath-Pileser was, "one of the two or three great Assyrian
monarchs since the days of Shamshi-Adad I".[...
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tig-lath-pi-le-zer
tighlath pil'eser, as the name is read in 2 Kings,
tilleghath pilnecer, in 2 Chronicles; Septuagint
Algathphellasar; Assyrian, Tukulti-abal-i-sarra): King of
Assyria in the days of Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, kings
of Israel, and of Uzziah, Jotham and Ahaz, kings of Judah.
The king of Assyria, whom the historian of 2...
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-(Also called TILGATH-PILNESER, king of Assyria)
-Invades Israel; carries part of the people captive to Assyria
2Ki 15:29; 1Ch 5:6,26
-Forms an alliance with Ahaz; captures Damascus
2Ki 16:7-10; 2Ch 28:19-21...
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(In 1Ch 5:26 and again in 2Chr 28:20
the name of this king is given as TIGLATH-PILNESER.)
Tiglath-pileser is the second Assyrian king mentioned in
Scripture as having come into contact with the Israelites.
He attacked Samaria in the reign of Pekah, B.C. 756-736.
probably because Pekah withheld his tribute, and having
entered his territories, ...
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(not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the
monarchs
of the first Assyrian empire (about B.C. 1110). After
his death,
for two hundred years the empire fell into decay. The
history of
David and Solomon falls within this period. He was
succeeded by
his son, Shalmaneser II....
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Related to Atargatis (Syriac), Dargeto, "great fish,"
tutelary god of the first Assyrian dynasty. 2 Kings 16:7;
less correctly in 1 Chronicles 5:26, and 2 Chronicles 28:20,
Tilgath Pilneser. G. Rawlinson identifies Tiglath Pileser
with Tiglathi-nin, "be worship given to Nin" or Hercules
(the same as Pal-zira, i.e. son of Zira, from whom Calah ...
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that binds or takes away captivity...
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