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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pul 
  n  :  100  puls  equal  1  afghani 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Pul 
  (1.)  An  Assyrian  king.  It  has  been  a  question  whether  he  was 
  identical  with  Tiglath-pileser  III.  (q.v.),  or  was  his 
  predecessor.  The  weight  of  evidence  is  certainly  in  favour  of 
  their  identity.  Pul  was  the  throne-name  he  bore  in  Babylonia  as 
  king  of  Babylon,  and  Tiglath-pileser  the  throne-name  he  bore  as 
  king  of  Assyria.  He  was  the  founder  of  what  is  called  the  second 
  Assyrian  empire.  He  consolidated  and  organized  his  conquests  on 
  a  large  scale.  He  subdued  Northern  Syria  and  Hamath,  and  the 
  kings  of  Syria  rendered  him  homage  and  paid  him  tribute.  His 
  ambition  was  to  found  in  Western  Asia  a  kingdom  which  should 
  embrace  the  whole  civilized  world,  having  Nineveh  as  its  centre. 
  Menahem,  king  of  Israel,  gave  him  the  enormous  tribute  of  a 
  thousand  talents  of  silver,  "that  his  hand  might  be  with  him"  (2 
  Kings  15:19;  1  Chr.  5:26).  The  fact  that  this  tribute  could  be 
  paid  showed  the  wealthy  condition  of  the  little  kingdom  of 
  Israel  even  in  this  age  of  disorder  and  misgovernment.  Having 
  reduced  Syria,  he  turned  his  arms  against  Babylon,  which  he 
  subdued.  The  Babylonian  king  was  slain,  and  Babylon  and  other 
  Chaldean  cities  were  taken  and  Pul  assumed  the  title  of  "King 
  of  Sumer  [i.e.,  Shinar]  and  Accad."  He  was  succeeded  by 
  Shalmanezer  IV 
 
  (2.)  A  geographical  name  in  Isa.  66:19.  Probably  =  Phut  (Gen. 
  10:6;  Jer.  46:9,  R.V.  "Put;"  Ezek.  27:10). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Pul,  bean;  destruction 
 




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