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Reign of Hoshea

729 BC, lasting 9 years traditional (Jones)

Passage
2 Kgs 17:1-4
Person
Hoshea
Places
Samaria, Assyria, Egypt
Before
Death of Pekah
After
Death of Ahaz

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Samaria
  2. location not graded: Assyria
  3. location not graded: Egypt

Every verse

All 4 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings4 verses
  1. 17:1

    In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.

  2. 17:2

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

  3. 17:3

    Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

  4. 17:4

    But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.