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Pul
PUL (pŭl, pūl)
A king of Assyria, Tiglath-Pileser III, who invaded Israel in the days of Menahem and was bribed to depart (
PUL pŏŏl (פ֤וּל). 1. A name of the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (745-727 b.c.). It may be that Pul was his original name, and that when he ascended the throne he assumed the name Tiglath-pileser, which had been borne by a great king of the past. He is mentioned in
2. An African country and people (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
pul:
(1) An Assyrian king (
See Tiglath-pileser.
(2) An African country and people (
See Put.