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Berosus, it must be remembered, represented Pul as a Chaldaean king; and the name itself, which is wholly alien to the ordinary Assyrian type, has at least one counterpart among known Babylonian namies. The time of Pul's invasion may be fixed by combining the Assyrian and the Hebrew chronologies within very narrow limits.

Or perhaps Pul's efforts merely, by still further weakening Assyria, paved the way for Babylon to revolt, and Nabonassar, who became king of Babylon in B.C. 747, is to be regarded as the re-establisher of her independence.

Pul appears in Scripture to be the immediate predecessor of Tiglath Pileser. In other words, if the Hebrew numbers are historical some portion of Pul's reign must necessarily fill into the interval assigned by the Canon to the kings for which it is the sole authority Shalmaneser III., Asshur-dayan III., and Asshur-lush.