Tiglath-pileser

The Assyrian king who deported the eastern tribes of Israel

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Also known as Pul

verifiedReal Person — History Confirms· His royal records and carved stone panels were dug up at Nimrud in the 1800s. They name multiple biblical kings — Menahem, Ahaz, Rezin, and Hoshea. The artifacts are at the British Museum in London.Wikipediaopen_in_new

Royal annals and reliefs discovered at Nimrud by Austen Henry Layard; inscriptions name Menahem of Samaria, Ahaz of Judah, Rezin of Damascus, and Hoshea of Israel; housed at British Museum

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Also known as Pul — carried the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh into exile because they broke faith with God. God stirred up his spirit as an instrument of judgment.

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The Altar That Changed Everything2 Kings 16:10-13

Tiglath-pileser appears here as Ahaz's new overlord — the Assyrian king whose presence in Damascus so impresses Ahaz that he sends home blueprints of a pagan altar to replicate in Jerusalem.

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