2 Kings xv. 19. Athen. lib. vii. & xii. Dipnos. Strab. Suid. Arrian. Hos. v. 13.PUL, or Phul, King of Assyria: He came into the Land of Israel in the Time of Menahem King of the Ten Tribes: He came, at the Request of Menahem, to assist him, and confirm him in the Kingdom. The King of Israel gave him a thousand Talents of Silver, and Pul continu’d in the Country ‘till this Sum was entirely paid. We conjecture that Pul was the Father of Sardanapalus, who added the Name of Pal or Pul to that of Sardan; as Merodach added the Name of Baladan to his own, and so call’d himself Merodach-baladan. If this Conjecture is true, it must be then allow’d, that Pul is the same as Anacindaraxes, or Anabaxares, the Name which profane Authors give to the Father of Sardanapalus. Stephanus Bizantinus calls him Cyndaraxes; Julius Africanus, Acracarnes; and Eusebius, Acrazapes. Pul is properly the first King of Assyria, of whom we find any mention in Scripture.
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