727 – 722 BC
[i.24] The second year:[727/726.] Tiglath-pileser went to his destiny in the month Tebêtu.
[i.25] For <eighteen> years Tiglath-pileser ruled Akkad.
[i.26] and Assyria. For two of these years he ruled in Akkad.
[i.27] On the twenty-fifth of the month Tebêtu, Šalmaneser in Assyria
[i.28] and Akkad ascended the throne. He ravaged Samaria.[The capital of Israel.]
TRANSLATION OF COLUMN I – ABC 1 BM 92502
3Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.