Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
Parallel translations
- WEB Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
- KJV Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
- NKJV Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money.
- NASB Shalmaneser the king of Assyria marched against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.
- NLT King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.
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Shalmaneser of Assyria subdues Hoshea, who becomes a tribute-paying vassal. Israel falls under Assyrian domination.
Overview
The Assyrian king reduces Hoshea to a vassal who must pay tribute, signaling Israel's loss of true independence. This subjugation is the beginning of the end for the northern kingdom. It demonstrates the political consequences of forsaking the LORD, who alone had been Israel's true protector.
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Cross-references · 12
- Hos 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
- 2 Kgs 16:7–8So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
- Isa 7:7–8But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
- 2 Sam 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Sam 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 2 Kgs 18:9–16In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
- Isa 10:11–12and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
- 2 Kgs 19:36–37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Isa 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- 2 Kgs 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kgs 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
- 2 Kgs 18:31Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
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