2 Kings 17:3 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:3

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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Hosea 10:14
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
Ezekiel 23:5
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Isaiah 8:4
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Amos 3:11
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

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), and, if that less judgment had prevailed to humble and reform them, the greater would have been prevented. That they brought it upon themselves by the indirect course they took to shake off the yoke of the king of Assyria,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Shalmaneser - The son, or successor of Tiglath-pileser. The ancient Hebrew writers made him the same with Sennacherib, who eight years after this time, invaded the kingdom of Judah; it being very frequent in the Eastern parts, for one man to be called by several names.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H195416× in canon H804151× in canon H4503211× in canon

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What the record shows

Shalmaneser V (Ululaya) — attested in contemporary inscriptiontier 1 · undisputed
Neo-Babylonian Chronicle; king-lists
Biblical figure (King of Assyria, 726-722 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.

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