Tiglath-pileser
tig.lat pil.e.ser identifies the king of Assyria named in accounts of conquest, deportation, and Ahaz's appeal.
The term functions as a proper name identifying the king of Assyria in narrative settings: he carries people away, captures territory and deports its inhabitants, confronts another ruler, and is approached by Ahaz for help.
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Proper name of the Assyrian king · dominant
All supplied forms are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the king of Assyria within the clauses. In 2 Kings 15:29 the APB renders him as capturing listed places and deporting people to Assyria; in 1 Chronicles 5:26 it renders him as exiling the Reubenites, Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh. The same named figure is the one Ahaz seeks to meet or petition in 2 Kings 16:10 and 2 Kings 16:7, and is described as coming against and confining someone in 2 Chronicles 28:20.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Tiglath-pileser” and identifies him as “king of Assyria.” The surrounding actions and titles confirm the verse-level presentation rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.