Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
Parallel translations
- WEB Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
- BSB Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
- 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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- Hos 10:14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
- 2 Kgs 16:7–8So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
- Isa 7:7–8Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
- 2 Sam 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
- 2 Sam 8:2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
- 2 Kgs 18:9–16And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- Isa 10:11–12Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
- 2 Kgs 19:36–37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- Isa 10:5–6O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- 2 Kgs 15:19And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
- 2 Kgs 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2 Kgs 18:31Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
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