Tiglath-Pileser II

Tukulti - apil - ešarra II ( Akkadian Tukulti - apil - escharra ) or, analogous to the biblical name for Tukulti - apil - Ešarra III. Tiglath- Pileser II was King of the Assyrian Empire in the years 966-935 BC

Name

His name means: " My confidence rests on the Erbsohn of Ešarra ". Thus the temple É - Sarra is meant to Ashur, and its Erbsohn is the god Ashur itself.

Rule

Tukulti - apil - ešarra II succeeded his father Ashur - RES ISI II on the throne. Despite his relatively long reign is about him very little is known. During this period, Assyria was harassed by his neighbors, Aram and Babylon, but rather a local power; the rise to regional superpower was by his successors. Tukulti - apil - ešarra II waged war against the kings of the Nairi. After his death was Ashur -dan II, the Assyrian king.