2 Kings 17:5

2 Kings 17:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
• New International Version (NIV)The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.

Context of 2 Kings 17:5

3King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in a conspiracy: He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison. The king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes. 7This disaster happened because the people of Israel sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt and because they worshiped other gods.

2 Kings 17:5 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיַּ֙עַל֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וַיָּ֥צַר עָלֶ֖יהָ שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• throughout all the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• and besiegedצוּרtsûr · to confineH6696
• it threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:5

• 2 Kings 18:9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Assyria’s King Shalmaneser marched against Samaria and besieged it.
• 2 Kings 25:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all around.
• Jeremiah 52:4In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all around.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Besieged it three years - It must have been well fortified, well provisioned, and well defended, to have held out so long.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5All the land - The second invasion of Shalmaneser (723 B.C., his fifth year), is here contrasted with the first, as extending to the whole country, whereas the first had afflicted only a part. Three years - From the fourth to the sixth of Hezekiah, and from the seventh to the ninth of Heshea; two years, therefore, according to our reckoning, but three, according to that of the Hebrews. This was a long time for so small a place to resist the Assyrians but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6the king of Assyria: Historical records say Shalmaneser V of Assyria, the ruler from 726 to 722 BC, conquered Samaria, but Sargon II (who ruled Assyria from 721 to 705 BC) claimed he captured the city. Sargon might have been the commander when Samaria fell and then became king after Shalmaneser's death during the siege. invaded the whole land: The Assyrians would destroy the area around an enemy's main city before attacking it. The ninth year of King…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-62Ki 17:1-6. Hoshea's Wicked Reign. 1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, began Hoshea ... to reign--The statement in 2Ki 15:30 may be reconciled with the present passage in the following manner: Hoshea conspired against Pekah in the twentieth year of the latter, which was the eighteenth of Jotham's reign. It was two years before Hoshea was acknowledged king of Israel, that is, in the fourth of Ahaz, and twentieth of Jotham. In the twelfth year of…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 17:5

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Samaria
• Shalmaneser
• Siege

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Samaria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Captivity
• Hoshea
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Shalman
• Dispersion, the
• Fear

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings