Hoshea Reigns in Israel
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, aHoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
3 aShalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea bbecame his vassal, and paid him tribute money.
4 And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Israel Carried Captive to Assyria
5 Now athe king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
6 aIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and bcarried Israel away to Assyria, cand placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For aso it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had bfeared other gods,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Other entries containing 2 Kings 17:3:
Exodus 19:8
Isaiah 7:2
Jeremiah 3:6
Micah 1:6
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