2 Reyes 15:19

Pul the king of Assyria came against the land This is the first time that we find any mention of the kingdom of Assyria, since the days of Nimrod, who erected a small principality there, Génesis 10:11. And they were no great people, one would suppose, when the eighty-third Psalm was written, in which they are mentioned as auxiliaries to the children of Lot, against the Israelites, together with other small nations. But now they were become very powerful. This Pul, or Phul, was the first monarch of that nation that invaded Israel, and began their transportation out of their country. Some have been of opinion, with Bishop Patrick, Poole, and others, that he was the same with Belesis, the governor of Babylon, who, together with Arbaces the Mede, slew Sardanapalus, the last of the Assyrian monarchs, and translated the empire to the Chaldeans. But, according to Dr. Prideaux, Belesis was one generation later. It is supposed, therefore, that this Pul was the father of Sardanapalus, and the same king of Assyria who, when Jonah preached against Nineveh, gave great tokens of his humiliation and repentance. See Prideaux's Con. A. 747, and Bedford's Script. Chronology. Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silverUn regalo muy considerable de hecho, no menos de f450.000 libras esterlinas. Esta suma la dio, no solo con el fin de rechazar el ejército de Pul, sino también para comprar su amistad y ayuda contra los de sus propios súbditos que se le oponían, y para confirmar el reino en su mano. Por lo que parece que su crueldad en Tiphsah estuvo tan lejos de establecerlo como esperaba, que lo debilitó y lo puso en peligro, por lo que se vio obligado a llamar a una potencia extranjera en su ayuda.