2 Kings 17:1-4

17:1

In the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

year
<08141>

of Ahaz
<0271>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

began Hoshea
<01954>

the son
<01121>

of Elah
<0425>

to reign
<04427> (8804)

in Samaria
<08111>

over Israel
<03478>

nine
<08672>

years
<08141>_.

17:2

And he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

but not as the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

that were before
<06440>

him.

17:3

Against him came up
<05927> (8804)

Shalmaneser
<08022>

king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_;

and Hoshea
<01954>

became his servant
<05650>_,

and gave
<07725> (8686)

him presents
<04503>_.

{gave: Heb. rendered} {presents: or, tribute}

17:4

And the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

found
<04672> (8799)

conspiracy
<07195>

in Hoshea
<01954>_:

for he had sent
<07971> (8804)

messengers
<04397>

to So
<05471>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

and brought
<05927> (8689)

no present
<04503>

to the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

as [he had done] year
<08141>

by year
<08141>_:

therefore the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

shut him up
<06113> (8799)_,

and bound
<0631> (8799)

him in prison
<01004> <03608>_.

{present: or, tribute}