John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 15:29

"In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria." — 2 Kings 15:29 (ASV)

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king
of Assyria
Into the land of Israel; he is called by a Jewish chronologer ^F3, Pul-Asir; so Phul-Assar by Metasthenes ^F4, who says he reigned twenty five years; he very probably was the son of Pul the Assyrian king, mentioned (2 Kings 15:19), and is thought to be the same that Aelianus ^F5 calls Tilgamos; some think he had the first part of his name from Diglath, or Diglito, by which the river Tigris is called in Pliny ^F6, with which Assyria was washed; and that Pil, or Pul, is Baal, Bel, Jupiter, and Azar is Mars ^F7; of all which his name is composed:

and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah;
of which see (1 Kings 15:20),

and Janoah;
a city in the tribe of Ephraim, (Joshua 16:6)

and Kedesh, and Hazor;
cities in Naphtali: (Joshua 19:36Joshua 19:37)

and Gilead;
a country beyond Jordan, which belonged to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh:

and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali;
that is, upper Galilee, which lay in Naphtali:

and carried them captive to Assyria;
which was the first captivity of Israel in which half their tribes were carried away.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: David Ganz. Ut supra. (Tzemach David, par. 2. fol. 3. 2.)
• F4: Ut supra. (De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.)
• F5: De Animal. l. 12. c. 21.
• F6: Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 27.
• F7: Hyde Hist. Relig. Pers. p. 65, 66.