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Marduk-apla-iddina paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser, but when Tiglath-pileser's successor Shalmaneser V was overthrown by Sargon II (Sennacherib's father) he seized the opportunity to crown himself king of Babylon.
However, with the accession of Tiglath-Pileser III (745–727 BC) Babylonia came under renewed attack.
Humbled, Ahaz sided with Assyria and sought the aid of Tiglath-Pileser against Israel and Syria.
Some initial success in these conflicts gave way to catastrophic defeat at the hands of the powerful Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I (1115–1076 BC), who annexed huge swathes of Babylonian territory, thus further expanding the Assyrian Empire.