King of Assyria, was invited by Ahaz king of Judah to aid him against the kings of Syria and Israel, 2Ki 16:7-10. This he did, but exacted also a heavy tribute from Ahaz, so as to distress him without helping him, 2Ch 28:20-21. From the kingdom of Israel, also, he carried off the inhabitants of many cities captive, and placed them in various parts of his kingdom, B. C. 740, 1Ch 5:262Ki 15:29, thus fulfilling unconsciously the predictions of Isaiah, Isa 7:17 8:4. He is supposed to be meant by Jareb, the pleader, in Ho 5:13 10:6. He reigned nineteen years at Nineveh, and was succeeded by his son Shalmaneser.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.