Tiglath-Pileser II (from the Hebraic form of Akkadian Tukultë-apil-Eà ¡arra) was King of Assyria from 967 BCE, when he succeeded his father Ashur-resh-ishi II, until his death in 935 BCE, when he was succeeded by his son Ashur-dan II. Little is known about his reign, although his successor laid the foundations for the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The city of Gidara (modern BuÃÂday) may have been lost during his reign to the Temanites, an Aramaic tribe.