2 Kings 18:10

10 and captured it at the end of three years. Samaria was taken in Hezekiah's sixth year as king (which was Hoshea's ninth year as king of Israel).

2 Kings 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:10

And at the end of three years they took it
That is, at the first end of them, at the beginning, in which sense the phrase is taken in ( Deuteronomy 15:1 ) ( Jeremiah 34:14 ) , even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken: see ( 2 Kings 17:6 ) .

2 Kings 18:10 In-Context

8 He conquered the Philistines from the [smallest] watchtower to the [largest] fortified city all the way to Gaza and its territory.

9 In Hezekiah's fourth year as king (which was the seventh year in the reign of King Hoshea, son of Elah of Israel) King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked Samaria, blockaded it,

10 and captured it at the end of three years. Samaria was taken in Hezekiah's sixth year as king (which was Hoshea's ninth year as king of Israel).

11 The king of Assyria took the Israelites to Assyria as captives. He put them in Halah, along the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

12 This happened because they refused to obey the LORD their God and disregarded the conditions of the promise he made to them. They refused to obey everything that Moses, the LORD's servant, had commanded.