Pul (king of Assyria)
불 (앗수르 왕)
Named at 2 Kings 15:19: “Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.” 15:20 says that Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria: “So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land.” The Korean Revised Version reads 15:19 저로 자기를 도와주게 함으로 나라를 자기 손에 굳게 세우고자 하여, that he might help him, to establish the kingdom firmly in his own hand, and names no one at 15:20, where WEB names Menahem.
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- 1CH 5:25–26, engwebp
25They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed before them.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
- 2KI 15:17–22, engwebp
17In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria.
18He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight. He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land.
21Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
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Unresolved interpretation: Pul and Tilgath Pilneser at 1 Chronicles 5:26
- 2 Kings 15:19–20 says, “Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver”, and “So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land.” 15:29 says, “In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.”
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- 2KI 15:17–22, engwebp
17In the thirty ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel for ten years in Samaria.
18He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight. He didn’t depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land.
21Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2KI 15:29, engwebp
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2KI 15:17–22, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 says, “So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.” The Korean Revised Version names no one who carried them away.
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- 1CH 5:25–26, engwebp
25They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed before them.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
- 1CH 5:25–26, engwebp
2 Kings 15:19–20 says that Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, that Menahem gave Pul silver, and that the king of Assyria turned back; 15:29 says that in the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came, took all the land of Naphtali and carried them captive to Assyria. 1 Chronicles 5:26 says that the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria; the Korean Revised Version names no one who carried the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh away, and WEB, after naming both kings, says “and he carried away”. The Korean Revised Version writes 디글랏 빌레셀 in both books, and WEB Tiglath Pileser in 2 Kings and Tilgath Pilneser in 1 Chronicles. This collection records Pul and Tiglath Pileser as two entries, and gives each of them the name 1 Chronicles 5:26 writes. The text does not say whether Pul and Tiglath Pileser are one king, and this collection does not decide whether they are.
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Took part in (2) — Menahem the son of Gadi reigns over Israel and gives Pul the king of Assyria one thousand talents of silver, The God of Israel stirs up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 15:19: “Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.” 15:20 says that Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria: “So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land.” The Korean Revised Version reads 15:19 저로 자기를 도와주게 함으로 나라를 자기 손에 굳게 세우고자 하여, that he might help him, to establish the kingdom firmly in his own hand, and names no one at 15:20, where WEB names Menahem.
Cited evidence: 1CH 5:25–26, engwebp / 2KI 15:17–22, engwebp
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