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2 Kings 17:4

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And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

And the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804} found {H4672} conspiracy {H7195} in Hoshea {H1954}: for he had sent {H7971} messengers {H4397} to So {H5471} king {H4428} of Egypt {H4714}, and brought {H5927} no present {H4503} to the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804}, as he had done year {H8141} by year {H8141}: therefore the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804} shut him up {H6113}, and bound {H631} him in prison {H1004}{H3608}.

But the king of Ashur found that Hoshea was conspiring [against him] - he had sent messengers to So the king of Egypt and not paid his tribute to the king of Ashur, as he had previously done every year. For this the king of Ashur imprisoned him, putting him in chains.

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 24:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

  • 2 Kings 18:21 (2 votes)

    Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:11 (2 votes)

    Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 2 Kings 18:14 (2 votes)

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

  • 2 Kings 18:15 (2 votes)

    And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

  • Ezekiel 17:13 (2 votes)

    And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

  • Ezekiel 17:19 (2 votes)

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.