He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

Shalmaneser(B) king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.(C) 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)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:4 So is probably an abbreviation for Osorkon.

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