Tiglath pileser iii biography of martin johnson

In the spring of BC, Pulu, the governor of Calah, seized the Assyrian throne during a rebellion against the weak king, Ashur-nirari V. He assumed the name, Tiglath-Pileser, and quickly reorganized the kingdom by centralizing his power and creating a standing army. He ruled from ca. Tiglath-Pileser III had significant interactions with the kings of Judah and Israel which are recorded in Scripture, as well as in Assyrian inscriptions.

He seems to have been actively involved with the politics of the southern Levant. What was that tribute? He teamed up with Rezen, King of Syria, and laid siege to Jerusalem. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me. And the king of Assyria listened to him.

He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah. I received from them 10 talents of gold, 1,?

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Assyrian inscriptions describe these same interactions, albeit from the Assyrian perspective. At many points, the details in Scripture are affirmed by details in the Assyrian texts. Fant and Mitchell G. Reddish, Lost Treasures of the Bible.