תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶרTiglath Pilʼeçer
תַּבְעֵרָה: proper name [of a location]: in the wilderness (Numbers 11:3; Deuteronomy 9:22)
Pronunciation: tig-lath' pil-eh'-ser · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8407
Meanings
תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶ֫סֶר: proper name, masculine: Tiglathpileser, (III), king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:10; 2 Kings 16:7; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 2 Chronicles 28:20)
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 15:29 During Pekah’s reign, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Israel again, and he captured the towns of Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also conquered the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives.
- 2 Kings 16:7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria with this message: “I am your servant and your vassal. Come up and rescue me from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel.”
- 2 Kings 16:10 King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6 and Beerah. Beerah was the leader of the Reubenites when they were taken into captivity by King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath-pileser) to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 28:20 So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he attacked Ahaz instead of helping him.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).