The last king of Israel, the son of Elah. He conspired against Pekah, killed him and reigned nine years in Samaria. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, though not as the kings of Israel before him. When Shalmaneser king of Assyria came against him, Hoshea became his servant and paid him year by year. Then he sent messengers to So king of Egypt and stopped paying, and the king of Assyria bound him in prison. Samaria was besieged three years and fell in his ninth year. Israel was carried away to Assyria. Kings says the Lord removed a people who would not turn from their sins.
Relationships
OverthrewPekahThe king he conspired against and killed to take the throne
ContemporaryHezekiahKing of Judah, in whose sixth year Samaria fell to Assyria
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
2 Kings 15:30
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.2 Kings 15:30, KJV
2 Kings 17:2
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.2 Kings 17:2, KJV
2 Kings 17:3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.2 Kings 17:3, KJV
2 Kings 17:4
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.2 Kings 17:4, KJV
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.2 Kings 17:6, KJV
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