Bible Locations

Pul appears in Isaiah 66:19 as a distant nation: "I will send some of those who survive to the nations, to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame." Older translations read "Pul and Lud." The Greek Septuagint reads "Put," the Libyan people, and many scholars think "Pul" is a copying error for Put, which is often mentioned with Lud. The NIV translates it as "Libyans." If Pul is correct, its location is unknown. It's different from Pul, the name the Bible gives to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (2 Kings 15:19), who invaded Israel and collected tribute from King Menahem. The verse pictures God's message going out to the farthest nations, which was a major theme of Isaiah's last chapters.