2 Kings 17:1-3

The Voice

17 During the 12th year of Ahaz (Judah’s king), Hoshea (Elah’s son) inherited Israel’s throne in Samaria. His reign lasted nine years. ² He committed evil in the Eternal’s eyes, but not in the same way some of Israel’s kings had.

³ Shalmaneser, Assyria’s king, waged war against Hoshea, but Hoshea humbled himself before Shalmaneser by paying tribute.