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Document Details : Title: Tiglath-pileser III's Aid to Ahaz Subtitle: A New Look at the Problems of the Biblical Accounts in Light of the Assyrian Sources Author(s): SIDDALL, Luis Robert Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Volume: 46 Date: 2009 Pages: 93-106 DOI: 10.2143/ANES.46.0.2040712 Abstract : This study examines the discrepancy in the biblical text’s account of Tiglath-pileser III’s aid to Ahaz during the Syro-Ephraimite crisis in light of the Assyrian sources. II Kings 16:5-9 (and Isaiah 7) states that Tiglath-pileser helped Ahaz by repelling the attacks of the Syro-Ephraimite coalition, while II Chronicles 28:5-21 proclaims that Tiglath-pileser failed to help the Judean king. Previous studies have attempted to resolve the textual conflict by way of literary analysis or textual emendation. By undertaking an historical methodology of the biblical text and an examination of the Assyrian sources, the case is made that while the biblical accounts contradict each other in specific areas, there are key elements that are historically accurate in both accounts which are in complete accord with the Assyrian sources, and in turn clarify the biblical accounts. |
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