2 Re 17:4

4 Ma il re d’Assiria scoprì una congiura ordita da Hosea, il quale aveva inviato de’ messi a So, re d’Egitto, e non pagava più il consueto annuo tributo ai re d’Assiria; perciò il re d’Assiria lo fece imprigionare e mettere in catene.

2 Re 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 Re 17:4 In-Context

2 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; non però come gli altri re d’Israele che l’aveano preceduto.

3 Shalmaneser, re d’Assiria salì contro di lui; ed Hosea gli fu assoggettato e gli pagò tributo.

4 Ma il re d’Assiria scoprì una congiura ordita da Hosea, il quale aveva inviato de’ messi a So, re d’Egitto, e non pagava più il consueto annuo tributo ai re d’Assiria; perciò il re d’Assiria lo fece imprigionare e mettere in catene.

5 Poi il re d’Assiria invase tutto il paese, salì contro Samaria, e l’assediò per tre anni.

6 L’anno nono di Hosea, il re d’Assiria prese Samaria, e trasportò gl’Israeliti in Assiria e li collocò in Halah, e sullo Habor, fiume di Gozan, e nelle città dei Medi.