2 Kings 17:3-5

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³^[a]Shalmaneser [V] king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute (money). ⁴But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, who sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and bound him in prison.

⁵Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land [of Israel] and went up to ^[b]Samaria and besieged it for three years.

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Footnotes

2 Kings 17:3 Shalmaneser V succeeded his father Tiglath-pileser III as king in 727 b.c. He ruled five years and was succeeded by Sargon II in 722 b.c.
2 Kings 17:5 Samaria was well-fortified and very difficult to conquer. The siege, led by Shalmaneser V, began in 725 b.c.