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2 Kings 17:4 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 17 · verse 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.2 Kings 17:4 · King James Version
2 Kings 17:4 in context
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
4And 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.
5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6In 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- conspiracyqesheran allianceH7195 →
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- broughtʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- presentminchâha donationH4503 →
- HosheaHôwshêaʻHoshea, the name of five IsraelitesH1954 →
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We have here the reign and ruin of Hoshea, the last of the kings of Israel, concerning whom observe, I. That, though he forced his way to the crown by treason and murder (as we read Kg2 15:30), yet he gained not the possession of it till seven or eight years after;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6