- TIBERIAS, SEA OF called also the Sea of Galilee (q.v.) and of
Gennesaret. In the Old Testament it is called the Sea of Chinnereth or
Chinneroth. John (21:1) is the only evangelist who so designates this lake.
His doing so incidentally confirms the opinion that he wrote after the other
evangelists, and at a period subsequent to the taking of Jerusalem (A.D.
70). Tiberias had by this time become an important city, having been
spared by the Romans, and made the capital of the province when
Jerusalem was destroyed. It thus naturally gave its name to the lake. - TIBERIUS CAESAR i.e., as known in Roman history, Tiberius Claudius
Nero, only mentioned in Luke 3:1. He was the stepson of Augustus,
whom he succeeded on the throne, A.D. 14. He was noted for his vicious
and infamous life. In the fifteenth year of his reign John the Baptist
entered on his public ministry, and under him also our Lord taught and
suffered. He died A.D. 37. He is frequently referred to simply as “Caesar”
(Matthew 22:17, 21; Mark 12:14, 16, 17; Luke 20:22, 24, 25; 23:2; John
19:12, 15). - TIBNI building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position,
whom a considerable number of the people chose as monarch. For the
period of four years he contended for the throne with Omri (1 Kings
16:21, 22), who at length gained the mastery, and became sole monarch of
Israel. - TIDAL (in the LXX. called “Thorgal”), styled the “king of nations”
(Genesis 14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch’s brick (see facing
page 139). Goyyim, translated “nations,” is the country called Gutium, east
of Tigris and north of Elam. - TIGLATH-PILESER I. (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most
famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about B.C. 1110).
After his death, for two hundred years the empire fell into decay. The
history of David and Solomon falls within this period. He was succeeded
by his son, Shalmaneser II. - TIGLATH-PILESER III. or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name
of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth
year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2
Chr.26:1), king of Judah, whose achievements are described in 2 Chronicles
26:6-15. He is first mentioned in Scripture, however, as gaining a victory
over Pekah, king of Israel, and Rezin of Damascus, who were confederates.
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