2 Kings 15:16-20
Verse 19. Pul, the king of Assyria] This is the first time we hear of Assyria since the days of Nimrod, its founder, Ge 10:11. Dean Prideaux supposes that this Pul was father of the famous Sardanapalus, the son himself being called Sardan; to which, as was frequent in those times, the father's name, Pul, was added, making Sardanpul of which the Greeks and Latins made Sardanapalus; and this Pul is supposed to be the same that reigned in Nineveh when Jonah preached the terrors of the Lord to that city. That his hand] That is, his power and influence, might be with him: in this sense is the word hand frequently used in Scripture. Verse 20. Each man fifty shekels of silver] Upwards of five pounds sterling a man.
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