pul /ˈpul/



 pul
      n : 100 puls equal 1 afghani
      [also: puli (pl)]


 Pul
    (1.) An Assyrian king. It has been a question whether he was
    identical with Tiglath-pileser III. (q.v.), or was his
    predecessor. The weight of evidence is certainly in favour of
    their identity. Pul was the throne-name he bore in Babylonia as
    king of Babylon, and Tiglath-pileser the throne-name he bore as
    king of Assyria. He was the founder of what is called the second
    Assyrian empire. He consolidated and organized his conquests on
    a large scale. He subdued Northern Syria and Hamath, and the
    kings of Syria rendered him homage and paid him tribute. His
    ambition was to found in Western Asia a kingdom which should
    embrace the whole civilized world, having Nineveh as its centre.
    Menahem, king of Israel, gave him the enormous tribute of a
    thousand talents of silver, "that his hand might be with him" (2
    Kings 15:19; 1 Chr. 5:26). The fact that this tribute could be
    paid showed the wealthy condition of the little kingdom of
    Israel even in this age of disorder and misgovernment. Having
    reduced Syria, he turned his arms against Babylon, which he
    subdued. The Babylonian king was slain, and Babylon and other
    Chaldean cities were taken, and Pul assumed the title of "King
    of Sumer [i.e., Shinar] and Accad." He was succeeded by
    Shalmanezer IV.

      (2.) A geographical name in Isa. 66:19. Probably = Phut (Gen.
    10:6; Jer. 46:9, R.V. "Put;" Ezek. 27:10).



 Pul, bean; destruction