KJV King James Version
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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2 Kings 17:3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
WEB World English Bible
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
ASV American Standard Version
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 17
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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.
5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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עָלָ֣יוH5921 · aluponעָלָ֔הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶרH8022 · shal.man.e.serShalmaneserמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּׁ֑וּרH804 · ash.shurAssyriaוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beל֤וֹH9033 · ohimהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙H1954 · ho.she.aHosheaעֶ֔בֶדH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוַיָּ֥שֶׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnל֖וֹH9033 · ohimמִנְחָֽה׃H4503 · min.chahoffering
Cross-references
Hosea 10:14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.2 Kings 16:7-8So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.2 Kings 15:19[And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.2 Kings 18:31Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me by a present, and come out to me, and [then] eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:Isaiah 10:11-12Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?2 Samuel 8:2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David’s servants, [and] brought gifts.2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.2 Kings 19:36-37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.Isaiah 10:5-6O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Isaiah 7:7-8Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.2 Kings 18:9-16And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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