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2 Kings 18:9 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 9
And 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.2 Kings 18:9 · King James Version
2 Kings 18:9 in context
7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
9And 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.
10And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ShalmaneserShalmanʼeçerShalmaneser, an Assyrian kingH8022 →
- HezekiahChizqîyâhChizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other IsraelitesH2396 →
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- fourthrᵉbîyʻîyfourthH7243 →
- HosheaHôwshêaʻHoshea, the name of five IsraelitesH1954 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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The kingdom of Assyria had now grown considerable, though we never read of it till the last reign. Such changes there are in the affairs of nations and families: those that have been despicable become formidable, and those, on the contrary, are brought low that have made a great noise and figure.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-16