A] Syria becomes subject to Tiglath-Pileser II of Assyria.
For six generations his descendants followed one another on the throne; then came Tiglath-Pileser I, who may be regarded as the founder of the first Assyrian Empire.
But his campaigns reached further than those of Tiglath-Pileser had done.
Tiglath-Pileser I had hunted elephants in the land of the Hittites, as the Egyptian Pharaohs had done before him; subsequently the extinction of the elephant in Western Asia caused his successors to content themselves with lesser game.
Tiglath-Pileser I had even established a sort of botanical garden, in which he tried to acclimatise some of the trees he had met with in his campaigns.
Assessment lists of the provinces and large towns after the time of Tiglath-Pileser II; the places and amounts paid to the imperial exchequer, 140-3.
The policy inaugurated by Tiglath-Pileser was successfully followed up by his successors.
All that now remained for Tiglath-Pileser to do was to reduce Babylonia as he had reduced Syria.
From Fragments of the Annals of Tiglath-Pileser II.
It is eight-sided, and bears an inscription of Shamhsi-Adad, the son of Tiglath-Pileser I.
Idols were also sometimes made of silver as well as of gold, to both of which classes Tiglath-Pileser I makes allusion in one of his inscriptions.
One of the best preserved is that in which Tiglath-Pileser III is seen conducting a siege (cf.
Tiglath-Pileser I's accession to the throne about 1100 B.
Three octagonal prisms of baked clay give us an account of the campaigns and building operations of Tiglath-Pileser I, king of Assyria about 1100 B.
Tiglath-Pileser III was succeeded by Shalmaneser IV, the most noteworthy event of whose reign was the siege of Samaria; the city held out two years, and fell in 722 B.
But probably they did not fix themselves definitely in Cappadocia till the blow struck by Tiglath Pileser had checked their lust of movement and weakened their confidence of victory.
Turn to the annals of Assyria and you will learn, from records of Tiglath Pileser I, that this northern wave was followed up in the same century by a second, which bore on its crest another bold horde from Asia Minor.
The period intervening between the fall of Damascus and the wars of Tiglath-Pileser III.
The greatness of the future kingdom has been attributed in no small measure to the foundations laid by Tiglath-Pileser I.
Thus it happened that while Damascus and Samaria fell before the armies of Assyria, Jerusalem was not approached, nor Judaea invaded, although her king became a vassal of Tiglath-Pileser III.
His own name has not been recorded but he took the crown name of Tiglath-Pileser III.
Two years later Tiglath-Pileser having again performed the rites, died before the year elapsed.
It was probably about the time when Tiglath-pileser IV began to institute his aggressive policy that Amos delivered his epoch-making sermon at the royal sanctuary in Bethel.
Tiglath-pileser IV left to Hoshea, the last king of Northern Israel, simply the territory west of the Jordan and south of the Plain of Esdraelon.
When, in 735, Northern Israel and Damascus united and endeavored to force Judah to combine with them in a coalition against the invader, Tiglath-pileser IV, Isaiah entered upon his work as a statesman.
But when Tiglath-pileser IV founded a new dynasty he injected fresh energy into the empire, recovered its lost territory, and advanced to the conquest of Palestine.
Tiglath-pileser IV invaded Northern Israel, an assassin sat on the throne and the rank and file of the people were crushed by the cruelty and oppression of those who should have defended them.
Tiglath-pileser I laid the foundations of the Assyrian empire by campaigns in Babylonia, Elam, Mesopotamia, and Syria; but it was not until 854 B.
Empire of Urartu succumbed before Tiglath Pileser II; though their then king, Sharduris II, was able to make good his defence of this unconquerable citadel.
Tiglath-Pileser smote this region, as he tells us, "at one blow.
After thus chastising Samaria, Tiglath-Pileser appears to have passed on to the south, where he reduced the Philistines and the Arab tribes, who inhabited the Sinaitic desert as far as the borders of Egypt.
Either provoked by some border ravage or actuated simply by lust of conquest, Tiglath-Pileser marched his troops into Babylonia.
Others would identify him with Tiglath-Pileser himself.
The first Syrian war of Tiglath-Pileser was undertaken in his third year (B.
Considerable changes had occurred since the time of Tiglath-Pileser I.
These buildings having fallen to ruin by the time of Tiglath-Pileser I.
Tiglath-Pileser relates that he took tribute from Menahem in a war which lasted from his fourth to his eighth year, or from B.
It would appear by this that Tiglath-Pileser at this time penetrated deep into Palestine, probably to a point which no Assyrian king but Vul-lush III.
The league between the kings of Damascus and Israel induces Ahaz to call to his assistance Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, who overthrows the kingdom of Damascus, and subjects Israel and Judah to tribute.
Pekah, under whose reign falls the expedition of Tiglath-Pileser the Assyrian, and destruction of Damascus.
Elephants still existed in the neighbourhood, as they continued to do four and a half centuries later in the time of the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser I.
Salamanu, or Solomon, was the king of Moab in the time of Tiglath-pileser III.
With this object, after terrorizing Armenia and the Medes and breaking the power of the Hittites, Tiglath-pileser III.
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the 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 of it.
We can gather from the receipts for the provisions and accoutrements furnished to it how the army of Tiglath-pileser or Sennacherib must have been fed and paid.
This was laced in front like the high-laced boots with which the Assyrian cavalry were provided toward the end of the reign of Tiglath-pileser III.
The letters of Tel-el-Amarna bridge over the gulf that separates the early Babylonia of Khammurabi from the later Assyria of Tiglath-pileser III.
These are the letters addressed to the Assyrian government, or more generally to the King, in the reigns of Tiglath-pileser III.
Let us take for example the wonderful inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser II (950 B.
In a temple in the city of Asshur, Tiglath-pileser I made presents to Belit consisting of the images of the gods vanquished by him in his various campaigns.
He is associated with Asshur in this capacity, and Tiglath-pileser brackets them as those "who fulfil his desire.
The Second Assyrian Empire What is known as the Second Assyrian Empire commenced with the reign of Tiglath-pileser III, who organized a great scheme of provincial government.
The contents of the inscription show that it is earlier than the time of Tiglath-Pileser III.
Another king of Byblus, who bore the name of Sibitti-baal, paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser III.
Tiglath-pileser says that from the time of the founding it was in decay six hundred and forty years.
Between the time of Šamaš-Ramman and the time of Tiglath-pileser I.
From Tiglath-pileser on, temples of Ramman do not seem to be often mentioned, but the god himself is frequently spoken of in inscriptions of the kings.
In 742, Uzziah of Judah is cursed by Tiglath-pileser as an arch-enemy; Samaria and Damascus are recorded as faithful tributaries.
In 745, however, five years before King Uzziah died, a soldier ascended the throne of Assyria, under the title of Tiglath-pileser II.
By 735 Ahaz had ascended the throne; Tiglath-pileser had been occupied in the far east for two years.
So Tiglath-pileser went home again, satisfied to have punished Israel by carrying away with him the population of Galilee.
The Assyrian inscriptions name as tributary kings of Edom, Kaus-melek (time of Tiglath-Pileser IV.
As will be seen from the Eponym Canon, an expedition was in progress when he assumed the reins of power, so that he may have taken advantage of the absence of Tiglath-pileser to carry out his design.
It does not appear from the Assyrian account that Tiglath-pileser went against Samaria, but notwithstanding this, 2 Kings xv.
In the month Aaru (Iyyar), day 13, Tiglath-pileser sat upon the throne.
The result was, that Tiglath-pileser went up against Damascus.
Syria and North Phoenicia, and this gave Tiglath-pileser the wished-for opportunity to bring these districts again under his sway.
After this, Tiglath-pileser goes on to speak of Hanon of Gaza, who on seeing the approach of the Assyrians fled to Egypt, leaving his capital at the mercy of the invader.
Next year Tiglath-pileser himself marched to Madaa (the Medes), where he had a very successful campaign.
The interference of Tiglath-pileser was therefore looked on with favour by the Babylonians, who welcomed him as a deliverer.
Instead of wasting time in the siege of a strong city like Samaria, Tiglath-Pileser in all probability stirred up Hoshea, the son of Elah, to rise in conspiracy against his master and slay him.
Steps, with a staff on the top of them as a gnomon, to serve as sun-dials had been invented at Babylon, and Ahaz may probably have become acquainted with their form and use when he paid his visit to Tiglath-Pileser at Damascus.
Tiglath-Pileser had only helped Judah in furtherance of his own designs, and his exactions came like a chronic distress after the acuter crisis.
Tiglath-Pileser advanced against the northern part of his dominions, and afflicted the land of Zebulon and Naphtali.
Judah had come into collision with Tiglath-Pileser II.
The Assyrian might safely claim, and Ahaz might truthfully confess, that the intervention of Tiglath-Pileser had rescued him from the apparent imminence of destruction.
The two predecessors of Tiglath-Pileser (Tuklat-abal-isarra) were Assurdayan and Assurnirari.
Probably they thought that to pay the sum demanded was not too heavy a price for the retirement of these frightful Assyrians, whose forces Tiglath-Pileser did not withdraw until he had the money in hand.
As Tiglath-Pileser thus permanently subdued and depopulated the land of the Northern Tribes, it is a Jewish tradition that at this time he carried away the golden "calf" from Dan among his spoils.
Costumes Found in the Fifth Tomb Prayer at Sunset Tiglath-pileser III.
Tiglath-Pileser first besieged Damascus, captured it, took Rezin prisoner, and slew him.
He had more confidence in Tiglath-Pileser than in the God of Israel, and thus fate took its course.
Tiglath-Pileser therefore spared his life, but he carried off the inhabitants of the northern cities and those of the other side of the Jordan as prisoners (738).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pileser" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
