2 Kings 17:5

5 Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.

2 Kings 17:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:5

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land
Of Israel, there being none to oppose his march; Hoshea not daring to come out, and meet him and fight him:

and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years;
so long the city held out against him, see ( 2 Kings 18:9 2 Kings 18:10 ) .

2 Kings 17:5 In-Context

3 Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.

4 But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.

5 Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

7 And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,