2 Kings 18:9

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.

2 Kings 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:9

And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah
In the beginning of it:

which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel:
the beginning of his seventh:

that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged
it;
see ( 2 Kings 17:5 ) .

2 Kings 18:9 In-Context

7 The LORD was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Ashshur, and didn't serve him.

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,