abstract:Tiglath-Pileser III (from the Hebraic formSpelled as "Tiglath-Pileser" in the Book of Kings () and as "Tilgath-Pilneser" in the Book of Chronicles (). of Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra") was a prominent king of Assyria in the eighth century BC (ruled 745–727 BC)Tadmor, Inscriptions, p.