2 Kings 17:5

5 Then Shalmaneser invaded Israel and besieged Samaria. In the third year of the siege,

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 Emperor Shalmaneser of Assyria made war against him; Hoshea surrendered to Shalmaneser and paid him tribute every year.

4 But one year Hoshea sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for his help, and stopped paying the annual tribute to Assyria. When Shalmaneser learned of this, he had Hoshea arrested and put in prison.

5 Then Shalmaneser invaded Israel and besieged Samaria. In the third year of the siege,

6 which was the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the Assyrian emperor captured Samaria, took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners, and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan and some in the cities of Media.

7 Samaria fell because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the king of Egypt and had led them out of Egypt. They worshiped other gods,