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| Tiglath-Pileser III: from the walls of his palace (British Museum, London). | |
| Tiglath-Pileser III took tribute from Menahem of Israel in 738 BC (2 Kings 15:19-20); conquered Babylon. Ahaz of Judah appealed to Tiglath-Pileser for help during the Syro-Ephraimite War (735 BC; 2 Kings 16:7-9). |
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| Tiglath-Pileser III attacked Israel and Damascus (733-732 BC), significantly reducing Israel's territory (2 Kings 15:29). |