jan 1, 731 BC - Tiglath-Pileser III Summary Inscription Four
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Describes Tiglath-Pileser III's conquest of cities in Northern Israel"Israel … All its inhabitants (and) their possessions I led to Assyria. They overthrew their King Pekah and I placed Hoshea as king over them. I received from them 10 talents of gold, 1,000 talents of silver as their [tri]bute, and brought them to Assyria."
Confirms what is written in 2 Kings 15:29-30, "In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he led their populations into exile to Assyria. And Hoshea the son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death, and he became king in his place..."
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jan 1, 731 BC
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~ 2758 years ago