2 Kings 17:2-4
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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. 4 But Shalmaneser sensed a secret plot in Hoshea who, instead of paying the expected tribute to Shalmaneser as he had done yearly, had sent messengers to So, the king of Egypt. Because of this, Assyria’s king bound and locked Hoshea in prison.
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2 Kings 17:2-4
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2 He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 Shalmaneser(B) king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.(C) 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt,(D) and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.(E)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 17:4 So is probably an abbreviation for Osorkon.
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