2 Kings 15:16-22
Verse 19 Pul, the king of Assyria - This is the first time we hear of Assyria since the days of Nimrod, its founder, Gen 10:11. Dean Prideaux supposes that this Pul was father of the famous Sardanapalus, the son himself being called Sardan; to which, as was frequent in those times, the father's name, Pul, was added, making Sardanpul of which the Greeks and Latins made Sardanapalus; and this Pul is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh when Jonah preached the terrors of the Lord to that city. That his hand - That is, his power and influence, might be with him: in this sense is the word hand frequently used in Scripture. Verse 20 Each man fifty shekels of silver - Upwards of five pounds sterling a man. Verse 21 Are they not written in - the chronicles - There are no chronicles extant, in which there is any thing farther relative to this king.
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