2 Kings 17:5

5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.

2 Kings 17:5 in Other Translations

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.

5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and for three years he besieged the city of Samaria.

5 then proceeded to invade the entire country. He attacked Samaria and threw up a siege against it. The siege lasted three years.

5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it 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 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.

4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.

5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods

Cross References

• 1. Hosea 13:16