2 Reis 17:4

4 O rei da Assíria , porém, achou em Oséias conspiração; porque ele enviara mensageiros a Sô, rei do Egito, e não pagava, como dantes, os tributos anuais ao rei da Assíria; então este o encerrou e o pôs em grilhões numa prisão.

2 Reis 17:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:4

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea
That he was forming a scheme to rebel against him, and cast off his yoke; of this he had intelligence by spies he sent, and placed to observe him very probably:

for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt;
to treat with him, and enter into alliance with him, to help him against, and free him from, the king of Assyria. This king of Egypt is supposed to be Sabacon the Ethiopian, who reigned in Egypt ninety years; of whom Herodotus ^F25 and Diodorus Siculus ^F26 make mention; by Theodoret he is called Adramelech the Ethiopian, who dwelt in Egypt:

and brought no presents to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by
year;
did not pay him his yearly tribute:

therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison;
that is, after he took Samaria, the siege of which is next related; unless it can be thought that he met with him somewhere out of the capital, and seized him, and made him his prisoner, and after that besieged his city; which is not so likely.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 137.
F26 Bibliothec l. 1. p. 59.

2 Reis 17:4 In-Context

2 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, contudo não como os reis de Israel que foram antes dele.

3 Contra ele subiu Salmanasar, rei da Assiria; e Oséias ficou sendo servo dele e lhe pagava tributos.

4 O rei da Assíria , porém, achou em Oséias conspiração; porque ele enviara mensageiros a Sô, rei do Egito, e não pagava, como dantes, os tributos anuais ao rei da Assíria; então este o encerrou e o pôs em grilhões numa prisão.

5 E o rei da Assíria subiu por toda a terra, e chegando a Samária sitiou-a por três anos.

6 No ano nono de Oséias, o rei da Assíria tomou Samária, e levou Israel cativo para a Assíria; e fê-los habitar em Hala, e junto a Habor, o rio de Gozã, e nas cidades dos medos.