2 Kings 18:10

10 and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezeki'ah, which was the ninth year of Hoshe'a king of Israel, Sama'ria was taken.

2 Kings 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:10

And at the end of three years they took it
That is, at the first end of them, at the beginning, in which sense the phrase is taken in ( Deuteronomy 15:1 ) ( Jeremiah 34:14 ) , even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken: see ( 2 Kings 17:6 ) .

2 Kings 18:10 In-Context

8 He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

9 In the fourth year of King Hezeki'ah, which was the seventh year of Hoshe'a son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmane'ser king of Assyria came up against Sama'ria and besieged it

10 and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezeki'ah, which was the ninth year of Hoshe'a king of Israel, Sama'ria was taken.

11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

12 because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded; they neither listened nor obeyed.