1
In the
twelfth * year of
Ahaz king of
Judah,
Hoshea the
son of
Elah became king over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned
nine years.
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2
He
did evil in the
sight of the
LORD,
only not as the
kings of
Israel who were
before him.
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3
Shalmaneser king of
Assyria came up
against him, and
Hoshea became his
servant and
paid him
tribute.
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4
But the
king of
Assyria found conspiracy in
Hoshea,
who had
sent messengers to
So king of
Egypt and had
offered no tribute to the
king of
Assyria, as he had done
year by
year; so the
king of
Assyria shut him up and
bound him in
prison *.
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5
Then the
king of
Assyria invaded the
whole land and
went up to
Samaria and
besieged * it
three years.
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