2 Kings 17:1-4 ▼

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah has reigned over Israel in Samaria, nine years,

2 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

3 Shalmaneser king of Asshur came up against him, and Hoshea is a servant to him, and renders a present to him.

4 And the king of Asshur finds in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he has sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and has not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restrains him, and binds him in a house of restraint.