reigns of three kings, comprising thirty-seven years, in
addition to a probable interregnum of two or three years between this king and Tiglath-pileser i \thena urn, No. 1805). Subsequently he suggested that one and the
same individual i- denoted by the names Pul and Tig- lath-pileser in the sacred narrative. His chief argu- ment for this is thai in i Chron. v. 26 the same evenl namely, the deportation of the tribes beyond the Jor- dan—is attributed to the two kings associated together as if they wen- one and the same indu idual I Ithenceum,
No. 1869 I. But, as already remarked by Win* r i /?. ahc. ii, 259), the passage in 1 Chron. does nol necessarily a>- cribe to the two kings the accomplishment of tin same measure. 1'ul is mentioned in it as the firsl Assyrian king who came into collision with the Israelites, and thus prepared the way for the subsequent deportation of the transjordanic tribes. Bui that this measure is attributed solely to Tiglath-pileser, as in 2 Kings xx. 29, is manifest from the use ol the singular -"-".". I >r. Julius < »pperl. who accepts the account of < Itesias, and takes it to refer to the subversion of the firsl Assyrian empire, supposes Pul to be the Babylonian Belesys.
The eminent AsSVriologisI Dr. Ilincks maintains that
"Pul became king of Babylon, holding Assyria in sub- jection, in 787 B.C. Tiglath-pileser revolted from him ana established an independent kingdom of Assyria in 768 B.C." [Alhenamm, No. 1810). The main difference between this view and that ofDr.Opperl i~ that Dr. Ilincks supposes a considerable interval to have elapsed between Belesys, the conqueror ol Nineveh. and Pul. It certainly appears the most plausible opinion; .and it seems safest t,, acquiesce in it until further discoveries of cuneiform students had to a more exact determina- tion. It is in accordance with the Scriptural elm lo-
gy, and it falls in with what we can -l.an of Assyrian historj from classical and monumental sources. The ac- count of Ctesias, as found in Diodorus Siculus i Hist, ii), though rejected by Sir II. Rawlinson and his followers (comp. Prof. Rawlinson, Anc. Mom. ii. 521 i, has p ceived the support of many eminent modern critics. It has heel I shown to h« reconcilable with the liiirrat i \ o ol He- rodotns {Hist. i. 102, 106^, which contains intimations that there had been a subversal of the Assyrian empire prior to its final overthrow alluded to by that historian (see Winer, Realw. i. 104). It is admitted that the As- syrian canon, in the period between [va-lush IV and Tiglath-pileser II. e,ives indication "of troublous times, and of a disputed, or. at any rate, a disturbed succession" (Rawlinson, Anc. Mou. ii. ;>st.;.i. The writer last cited also asserts thai the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser II "support the notion of a revolution and change of dynas- ty in Assyria at this point of its history" (Rawlinson, Herodotus, i, 468). That Pul was a Iiahyloiiian hold- ing rule in Assyria at this time is confirmed by the notice of Alexander Polyhistor (Euseb. Chron. i. 4): ••Post bos ail exstitisse Chaldseorum regem, cui nomen Phulus erat j" and also by the form of the name. The name Pul. while having, according to Prof. Rawlinson, its counterpart among known Babylonian names, is wholly alien to the rules on which Assyrian names are formed. They are "always compounds, consisting of two, three, or mote characters" (Anc.Mon. ii, 388, note). Kitto. The name is probably the same as the San- scrit pala, lofty, highest ; hence lord, king: perhaps the
same as In I. i. e. lord. The same Syllable is found in the
names SardanapaAis and Nabqpo/assar. Pul is also men- tioned in the extracts of Alexander Polyhistor, in Ku- sebins (Chron. Arm. i, II I, but not elsewhere. Eusebius adds. •• Polyhistor says that Seiiechetilms was king after him." hut this is not to he understood of immediate suc- cession. See Assyria,
Pulaha, a divinity of Indian mythology. Brahma created nine Brahmins from different parts of his body. At the same time Sunyambhu. P. rah ma's son, created the t<n celebrated rishis. ,.r forefathers, of all e'xistim;' be- ings. These are' identical with the nine Brahmins men- tioned, and one of them is Pnlaha. lie was so pious thai he could, by his prayers. ■ reate mi n, animals, and gods. Vollmer, "WSrterb. •/. Mythol. s. v.
Pulcheria, .I'.i.ia. one' of the most celebrated saints of the' Creek Church, was an empress. She was the eldest daughter of the emperor Arcadius, ami was horn between 898 and loo. in early youth she' showed rare intellectual uin^ and a fervent piety. Her wisdom was an object of genera] admiration. She was about fifteen when she i-aim- to assist her younger brother Theodo*
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