Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(lord). (1) A possible African region (Isa. 66:19). (2) A king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:19-20; 1 Chron. 5:26).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. King of Assyria who invaded Israel in the reign of Menahem, who gave him 1,000 talents of silver to confirm the kingdom to him (2 Kings 15:19; 1 Chron. 5:26). Pul has not been identified among the kings of Assyria. There was one named Pulu, who took the name of Tiglath-pileser II. B.C. 745-727, and some have supposed that this king was Pul; but these dates do not agree with scripture, and in 1 Chronicles 5:26, Pul is mentioned as a distinct king from Tiglath-pileser. Besides, Pulu reigned only 18 years, whereas the events recorded of Pul in 2 Kings 15:19 were 31 years earlier than those concerning Tiglath-pileser in 2 Kings 15:29. Rawlinson supposes Pul to be identical with a king called on the monuments Vul-lush or Iva-lush.
2. A district or people to whom tidings will be sent of Jehovah’s fame and glory as seen upon the earth in a future day (Isa. 66:19). The LXX read Phud, which has led to the thought that Phut may have been in the original. Phut is associated with Lud in Ezekiel 27:10. See PHUT.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
of foreign origin; Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an Ethiopian tribe
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
distinguishing: separator (?)
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Fat; thick; elephant; lord; king; destruction:―name of a king and a place, 2 Kings 15:19. {Crassus}