Bible Verses About Kings: Hoshea

In the twelft yeere of Ahaz King of Iudah began Hoshea the sonne of Elah to reigne in Samaria ouer Israel, and reigned nine yeeres.

And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, but not as the Kinges of Israel, that were before him.

And Shalmaneser king of Asshur came vp against him, and Hoshea became his seruant, and gaue him presents.

And the King of Asshur founde treason in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So King of Egypt, and brought no present vnto the King of Asshur, as he had done yeerely: therfore the king of Asshur shut him vp, and put him in prison.

Then the king of Asshur came vp throughout all the lande, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three yeere.

In the ninth yeere of Hoshea, the King of Asshur tooke Samaria, and caryed Israel away vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah, and in Habor by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.