2 Kings 17:5

5 Then the king of Assyria attacked the entire country. He attacked Samaria and blockaded 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 King Shalmaneser of Assyria defeated Hoshea, who became his servant and was required to make annual payments to him.

4 The king of Assyria found Hoshea to be a traitor. (Hoshea had sent messengers to King Dais of Egypt and had stopped making annual payments to the king of Assyria.) So the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

5 Then the king of Assyria attacked the entire country. He attacked Samaria and blockaded it for three years.

6 In Hoshea's ninth year as king of Israel, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and took the Israelites to Assyria as captives. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 The Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt [and rescued them] from the power of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). They worshiped other gods