Font Size
2 Kings 17:1-4
English Standard Version
2 Kings 17:1-4
English Standard Version
Hoshea Reigns in Israel
17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, (A)Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3 (B)Against him came up (C)Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute 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.
Read full chapter
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Bible Gateway Recommends
ESV Scripture Journal: New Testament Set (Artwork by Ruth Chou Simons)
Retail: $99.99
Our Price: $44.99
Save: $55.00 (55%)
ESV Value Thinline Bible--soft leather-look, charcoal with Celtic cross design
Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $12.99
Save: $7.00 (35%)