Tiglath-Pileser II (from the
Hebraic form
[Spelled as "" "Tiglath-Pileser" in the ]Books of Kings
The Book of Kings (, '' Sēfer Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of Israel also including the boo ...
() or as "" "Tilgath-Pilneser" in the Books of Chronicles
The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third sec ...
(). of
Akkadian Akkadian or Accadian may refer to:
* Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire
* Akkadian language, an extinct Eastern Semitic language
* Akkadian literature, literature in this language
* Akkadian cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic ...
''Tukultī-apil-Ešarra'') was
King of Assyria
The king of Assyria (Akkadian: ''Išši'ak Aššur'', later ''šar māt Aššur'') was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the late 21st century BC and fell in the late 7th century BC. For much of its ear ...
from 967 BCE, when he succeeded his father
Ashur-resh-ishi II, until his death in 935 BCE, when he was succeeded by his son
Ashur-dan II. Little is known about his reign.
See also
*
Tiglath-Pileser I
*
Tiglath-Pileser III
Footnotes
References
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935 BC deaths
10th-century BC Assyrian kings
Year of birth unknown
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