And Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

And the king of Assyria found treason in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present unto the king of Assyria, [a]as he had done yearly: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and put him in prison.

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:4 For he had paid tribute for the space of eight years.

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