2Kings:17:1-6
geneva@2Kings:17:1 @ In the twelft yeere of Ahaz King of Iudah began Hoshea the sonne of Elah to reigne in Samaria ouer Israel, and reigned nine yeeres.
geneva@2Kings:17:2 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, (note:)Though he invented no new idolatry or impiety as others did, yet he sought help from the Egyptians, whom God had forbidden.(:note) but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
geneva@2Kings:17:3 @ And Shalmaneser king of Asshur came vp against him, and Hoshea became his seruant, and gaue him presents.
geneva@2Kings:17:4 @ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, (note:)For he had paid tribute for eight years.(:note) as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
geneva@2Kings:17:5 @ Then the king of Asshur came vp throughout all the lande, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three yeere.
geneva@2Kings:17:6 @ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the (note:)For at this time the Medes and Persians were subject to the Assyrians.(:note) Medes.
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