2 Kings 17:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him. ³ Shalmaneser the king of Assyria^[a] came up against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid tribute to him. ⁴ But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and he did not offer tribute to the king of Assyria as he had year after year; so the king of Assyria arrested him, and confined him in a house of imprisonment.