Jeremy Goldberg, «Two Assyrian Campaigns against Hezehiah and Later Eight Century Biblical Chronology», Vol. 80 (1999) 360-390
The massive Assyrian invasion of Judah in 701 (reflected in 2 Kgs 18,13b; 18,1719,37) has apparently been confused with an earlier, limited invasion in Hezekiahs 14th year (reflected in 2 Kgs 18,13a.14-16; 2 Kgs 20; 2 Chr 32; Isa 22). Historically, this earlier campaign can best be dated to 712, when Sargon II apparently led the Assyrian royal guard on a Palestinian campaign. Chronologically, this dating fits perfectly with e.g. recent dating of the definitive fall of Samaria (2 Kgs 18,9: in Hezekiahs 6th year) to 720. 2 Kgs 18,9s parallel dating to Hosheas 9th year agrees with his apparent accession in 731 or 729. Dating Menahems death to 743 (as required, following biblical data, to avoid a triple overlap among Uzziah, Jotham and Ahaz) agrees with Eponym Chronicle evidence for this dating of 2 Kgs 15,19-20s presumably already desperate fiasco, and is consistent with a plausibly composite 738 tribute-list naming Menahem. Combining these datings produces a workable later 8th century biblical chronology.
campaigned in southern Babylonia in 731, Hosheas tribute is universally dated to this year. However Tiglath-Pileser also campaigned in this region personally in 72964, which appears equally possible for the sending of tribute to Sarrabanu65: according to Tadmor66, Sarrabanu was "taken in 731-729, after a prolonged siege"! Nor is there any real argument for linking Pekahs demise to the 734-732 campaign: the broken context of the apparent reference of Summ. 13:18 to the elimination of Pekah appears (in view of an Assyrian parallel) to confirm 2 Kgs 15,30s depiction of his death as a purely Israelite affair67, and he could extremely plausibly have survived the Assyrian onslaught due to the outbreak of a very serious Babylonian revolt towards the end of the 734-732 campaign68. Indeed such survival appears to be indicated by Summ. 13:17-18 (so already G. Smith; recently Naaman)69: these lines refer to "campaigns" against Israel that "spared Samaria" in an aside referring to an earlier period, followed immediately in the main narrative by an apparent reference to the assassination of Pekah (so e.g. both Naaman and Tadmor)70.
Dating Hosheas tribute (apparently connected with his takeover) to 729 would highly likely date his accession to this year as well71.