2 Kings 17:3
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New International Version (©2011)
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser's vassal and had paid him tribute.

New Living Translation (©2007)
King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute money.

International Standard Version (©2012)
King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid tribute to him.

NET Bible (©2006)
King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
King Shalmaneser of Assyria defeated Hoshea, who became his servant and was required to make annual payments to him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

American King James Version
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

American Standard Version
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Against him came up Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, and Osee became his servant, and paid him tribute.

Darby Bible Translation
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.

English Revised Version
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents.

Webster's Bible Translation
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

World English Bible
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

Young's Literal Translation
against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:1-6 When the measure of sin is filled up, the Lord will forbear no longer. The inhabitants of Samaria must have endured great affliction. Some of the poor Israelites were left in the land. Those who were carried captives to a great distance, were mostly lost among the nations.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - Against him came up Shal-maneser King of Assyria. Shalmaneser's succession to Tiglath-pileser on the throne of Assyria, once doubted, is now rendered certain by the Eponym Canon, which makes him ascend the throne in B.C. 727, and cease to reign in B.C. 722. It is uncertain whether he was Tiglath-pileser's son or a usurper. The name, Shalmaneser (Sali-manu-uzur) was an old royal name in Assyria, and signified "Shalman protects" (compare the names Nabu-kudur-uzur, Nergal-asar-uzur, Nabu-pal-uzur, etc.). And Hoshea became his servant. Hoshea had been placed on the throne by Tiglath-pileser ('Eponym Canon,' pp. 123, 124, lines 17,18), and had paid him tribute (ibid., lines 18, 19). We must suppose that on Tiglath-pileser's death, in B.C. 727, he had revolted, and resumed his independence. Shalmaneser. having become king, probably came up against Hoshea in the same year, and forced him to resume his position of Assyrian tributary. This may have been the time when "Shalman spoiled Beth-Arbel in the day of battle" (Dos. 10:14), defeating Hoshea near that place (Arbela, now Irbid, in Galilee), and taking it. And gave him presents; or, rendered him tribute, as in the margin of the Authorized Version.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria,.... Which some take to be the same with Tiglathpileser, see 1 Chronicles 5:26 but he rather seems to be his son; his name was to be found, as Josephus (w) relates, in the archives of the Tyrians, against whom he had an expedition; his name is Salmanassar in Metasthenes (x), who says he reigned seventeen years:

and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents, to depart from him; he became tributary to him, and agreed to pay him a yearly tax.

(w) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 14. sect. 2.((x) De Judicio Temp. fol. 221. 2.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. Against him came up Shalmaneser—or Shalman (Ho 10:14), the same as the Sargon of Isaiah [Isa 20:1]. Very recently the name of this Assyrian king has been traced on the Ninevite monuments, as concerned in an expedition against a king of Samaria, whose name, though mutilated, Colonel Rawlinson reads as Hoshea.

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Hoshea the Last King of Israel
1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
2 Kings 17:2 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
2 Kings 17:4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, 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.
2 Kings 18:9 In King Hezekiah's fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.
Nehemiah 9:32 "Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty and awesome, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes--the hardship that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
Ezekiel 23:5 "Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians--warriors
Hosea 10:4 They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
Hosea 10:14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated-- as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.