2 Kings 17:4-5

17:4 The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. 1  Hoshea had sent messengers to King So 2  of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him. 3  17:5 The king of Assyria marched through 4  the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.

1 tn Heb “and the king of Assyria found in Hoshea conspiracy.”

2 sn For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196.

3 tn Heb “and bound him in the house of confinement.”

4 tn Heb “went up against.”