2 Reis 17:4

4 Mas o rei da Assíria descobriu que Oseias era um traidor, pois havia mandado emissários a Sô, rei do Egito, e já não pagava mais o tributo, como costumava fazer anualmente. Por isso, Salmaneser mandou lançá-lo na 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 Ele fez o que o SENHOR reprova, mas não como os reis de Israel que o precederam.

3 Salmaneser, rei da Assíria, foi atacar Oseias, que fora seu vassalo e lhe pagara tributo.

4 Mas o rei da Assíria descobriu que Oseias era um traidor, pois havia mandado emissários a Sô, rei do Egito, e já não pagava mais o tributo, como costumava fazer anualmente. Por isso, Salmaneser mandou lançá-lo na prisão.

5 O rei da Assíria invadiu todo o país, marchou contra Samaria e a sitiou por três anos.

6 No nono ano do reinado de Oseias, o rei assírio conquistou Samaria e deportou os israelitas para a Assíria. Ele os colocou em Hala, em Gozã do rio Habor e nas cidades dos medos.