2 Kings 18:10

10 At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hizkiyahu, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Yisra'el, Shomron was taken.

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 struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

9 It happened in the fourth year of king Hizkiyahu, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Yisra'el, that Shalman'eser king of Ashshur came up against Shomron, and besieged it.

10 At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hizkiyahu, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Yisra'el, Shomron was taken.

11 The king of Ashshur carried Yisra'el away to Ashshur, and put them in Halach, and on the Havor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Madai,

12 because they didn't obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moshe the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.