1 H. TADMOR, The Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III King of Assyria. Critical Edition, with Introduction, Translations and Commentary (Jerusalem 1994); for detailed reviews of Tadmor’s book, see E. FRAHM, AfO 44-45 (1997-1998) 399-404; W. SCHRAMM, Or 68 (1999) 169-171; A.K. GRAYSON, JAOS 118 (1998) 280-281.
2 Tadmor, ibid., 138 (note to line 5').
3 For the assumption that the Gilead is included within the territory of Aram during the time of Tiglath-pileser III, see N. NA’AMAN, "Rezin of Damascus and the Land of Gilead", ZDPV 111 (1995) 107-108; cf. S.A. IRVINE, "The Southern Border of Syria Reconstructed", CBQ 56 (1994) 21-41.
4 See NA’AMAN, "Rezin" with additional literature there.
5 For previous discussion of this problematic issue, see P.A. VIVIANO, "Argob and Arieh", The Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. D.N. FREEDMAN) (New York 1992) I, 376; and additional literature there.
6 TADMOR, Inscriptions, 34.
7 Ibid., 220-221.
8 G. SMITH, Assyrian Discoveries (London 1875) 283; P. ROST, Keilschrifttexte Tiglat-Pilesers III (Leipzig 1893) 38; with additional literature there.
9 TADMOR, Inscriptions, 32, 80-83, 220-221.
10 Many scholars have accepted this assumption. See TADMOR, ibid.
11 See A. FUCHS, Die Inschriften Sargons II. aus Khorsabad (Göttingen 1994) 197.
12 For the accusation that the kings of Arpad and Unqi revolted against Assyria during the time of Tiglath-pileser III’s predecessors, see TADMOR, Inscriptions, 56-57, 132-133.
13 For the Assyrian campaign in 743, see TADMOR, Inscriptions, 269-270.
14 For the stele from Iran, see L.L. LEVINE, Two Neo-Assyrian Stele from Iran (Toronto 1972) 11-24; TADMOR, Inscriptions, 91-110.
15 H. TADMOR, "Azariah of Judah in Assyrian Inscriptions", The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (ed. A. Malamat) (Jerusalem 1961) 177-178 (Hebrew).
16 M. COGAN, "Tyre and Tiglath-pileser III", JCS 25 (1973) 96-99.
17 TADMOR, "Azariah of Judah", 178-179.
18 For a different opinion, see E.R. THIELE, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (Grand Rapids 31983) 143-162.
19 For the reign of Menahem, see T.R. HOBBS, "Menahem", The Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. D.N. Freedman) (New York 1992) IV, 692-693, with additional bibliography there.
20 For the identification of Azariah with Azriyau king of Judah, see TADMOR, Inscriptions, 273-274.
21 N. NA’AMAN, "Campaigns of the Assyrian Kings to Judah in Light of a New-Assyrian Document", Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 2 (1977) 177-180 (Hebrew).
22 For this assumption, see TADMOR, "Azariah of Judah" 173.
23 Cf. NA’AMAN, "Campaigns", 178-180.
24 For the Israelite influence in Hamath, see S. DALLEY, "Yahweh in Hamath in the 8th century BC: cuneiform material and historical deductions", VT 60 (1990) 27-32.
25 B. ODED, "The Phoenician Cities and the Assyrian Empire in the Time of Tiglath-pileser III", ZDPV 90 (1974) 46; the subjection of a city located out at sea (probably Arvad) is mentioned in summary inscription 8 — see TADMOR, Inscriptions, Summ. 8: 1'-7'.
26 For the Syrian-Ephraimite war, see B. Oded, ‘The Historical Background of the Syro-Ephraimite War Reconsidered’, CBQ 34 (1972) 153-165; E. LIPINSKI, "Aramaeer und Israel", TRE III, 97-101; H. TADMOR – M. COGAN, "Ahaz and Tiglath-pileser in the Book of Kings: Historiographic Considerations", Biblica 60 (1979) 491-508; G. GALIL, "Conflicts between Assyrian Vassals", SAAB 6 (1992) 60-61; C.S. EHRLICH, "Coalition Politics in Eighth Century B.C.E. Palestine: The Philistines and the Syro Ephraimite War", ZDPV 107 (1991) 48-58; R. TOMES, "The reason for the Syro-Ephraimite War", JSOT 59 (1993) 55-71; P.E. DION, Les araméens à l’âge du fer: histoire politique et structures sociales (Paris 1997) 213-214.
27 TADMOR, Inscriptions, 170-171, 265-268.
28 ODED, "The Historical Background", 153-165, with additional literature.
29 R. BORGER – H. TADMOR, "Zwei Beiträge zur alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft aufgrund der Inschriften Tiglat-pilesers III", ZAW 94 (1982) 244-251.
30 I. EPH’AL, The Ancient Arabs: Nomads on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent, 9th–5th Centuries BC (Jerusalem – Leiden 1982) 82-84; TADMOR, Inscriptions, 80-81, 222-230.
31 For the identification of the cities conquered by Tiglath-pileser III in the Galilee, see Y. AHARONI, The Land of the Bible (London 21979) 372-374.
32 N. NA’AMAN, "Historical and chronological notes on the kingdom of Israel and Judah in the eighth century BC", VT 36 (1986) 72-73; TADMOR, Inscriptions, 202-203.
33 BORGER – TADMOR, "Zwei Beiträge" 244-251; TADMOR, Inscriptions, 188-189, 277.