King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 17:3
“Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 17
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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