2 Kings 18:10

10 At the end of three years, he captured it in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is,] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel; Samaria was captured.

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 attacked [the] Philistines up to Gaza and its territory from the watchtower up to the fortified city.

9 It happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that [is,] the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came against Samaria and laid siege against her.

10 At the end of three years, he captured it in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is,] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel; Samaria was captured.

11 Then the king of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Habor, [in] the river [regions] of Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes,

12 because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh their God, and they transgressed his covenant; all that he had commanded Moses, the servant of Yahweh, they did not listen [to] nor did they obey.