In the bible, Pul is the name of the King of Assyria (2KI 15:19). Meaning of the name: bean; destruction. Related names are:
Assyria,
Israel, Gozan
(and others ...)
. The translations of Pul in 6 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Pool in Spanish to
Пул in Russian!
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. (2KI 15:19)
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. (2KI 15:19)
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. (1CH 5:26)
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (ISA 66:19)