2 Kings 17:3

2 Kings 17:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
• New International Version (NIV)Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money.

Context of 2 Kings 17:3

1Elah's son Hoshea became the king of Israel when Ahaz had been king of Judah for 12 years. Hoshea ruled Israel as king in Samaria for nine years. 2Hoshea did things that the Lord said were evil. But he was not as wicked as the kings of Israel who lived before him. Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, came to attack Hoshea in Samaria. Hoshea agreed to accept Shalmaneser's authority. Israel had to pay a lot of money as taxes to Shalmaneser each year. 4Then King Shalmaneser discovered that Hoshea had decided to turn against him. Hoshea had sent a message to So, the king of Egypt, to ask for his help. He had also refused to send the taxes for that year to the king of Assyria. So King Shalmaneser took hold of Hoshea and he put him in prison. 5The king of Assyria took his army and he marched through all the land of Israel. He attacked Samaria. His army made their camp around the city for three years.

2 Kings 17:3 word by word

עָלָ֣יו עָלָ֔ה שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ עֶ֔בֶד וַיָּ֥שֶׁב ל֖וֹ מִנְחָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Against him came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• Shalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֫סֶרshalman'eser · ShalmaneserH8022
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhôshêa‛ · HosheaH1954
• became his servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and gaveשׁוּבshûb · to return: payH7725
• him presentsמִנְחָהminchâh · offering: tributeH4503

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:3

• 2 Kings 18:9When Hezekiah had been king for four years, Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, took his army to attack Samaria. That was when Hoshea had been king of Israel for seven years. The Assyrian army made their camp around the city of Samaria.
• Hosea 10:14So you will soon hear the noise of war. Enemies will destroy all your strong buildings. It will be like the time that King Shalman's army destroyed Beth Arbel. In that battle, cruel soldiers killed mothers together with their children.
• 2 Kings 15:19Then Pul, the king of Assyria, attacked the land of Israel. Menahem paid him 34 tons of silver to help him to rule Israel with greater power.
• 2 Kings 16:7King Ahaz sent a message to Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria. He said, ‘I am your servant and I need your help. The king of Syria and the king of Israel have brought their armies to attack me in Jerusalem. Please come here to rescue me.’
• 2 Kings 18:13When Hezekiah had ruled Judah for 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked Judah with his army. He took all the strong cities in Judah for himself.
• 2 Kings 19:36So King Sennacherib of Assyria took his army away. He returned to Assyria and he lived in Nineveh.
• Isaiah 7:7But I, the Almighty Lord, say this: That will never happen!
• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• 2 Kings 16:8Ahaz took the silver and gold things that were stored in the Lord's temple and in the palace. He sent them all as a gift to the king of Assyria.
• 2 Kings 18:14So King Hezekiah of Judah sent a message to the king of Assyria, who was in Lachish. Hezekiah said, ‘What I did was wrong. Please take your army out of Judah. Then I will pay you everything that you ask me to pay.’ The king of Assyria told King Hezekiah that he must pay ten tons of silver and one ton of gold.
• 2 Samuel 8:2David also won a battle against the Moabites. He made the Moabite prisoners lie down on the ground. Then he used a piece of rope to measure them into groups. When he had measured two groups, he would tell his men to kill all those prisoners. When he measured the next group, he would let those prisoners stay alive. So the Moabites were now under David's authority and they began to pay taxes to him.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Shalmaneser - This was the son and successor of Tiglath-pileser. He is called Shalman by Hosea, Hosea 10:14, and Enemessar, in the book of Tobit, 1:2. Gave him presents - Became tributary to him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Of Shalmaneser, the successor of Tiglath-pileser in the Assyrian Canon, we know little from Assyrian sources, since his records have been mutilated by his successors, the Sargonids, who were of a wholly different family. The archives of Tyre mention him as contemporary with, and warring against, a Tyrian king named Elulaeus. The expedition, referred to here, was probably in the first year of Shalmaneser (727 B.C.). Its main object was the reduction of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4King Shalmaneser V took over from his father Tiglath-pileser III in 726 BC. Hoshea might have thought this change in leadership would let Israel break free from Assyrian control. However, by not paying the yearly tribute, he provoked Shalmaneser's retaliation. send envoys to King So of Egypt: Some scholars think the name So is short for Pharaoh Osorkon IV, who ruled from 730 to 715 BC. Others believe So refers to Pharaoh Piankhy, who ruled from 747 to 716…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Against him came up Shalmaneser--or Shalman (Ho 10:14), the same as the Sargon of Isaiah [Is 20:1]. Very recently the name of this Assyrian king has been traced on the Ninevite monuments, as concerned in an expedition against a king of Samaria, whose name, though mutilated, Colonel Rawlinson reads as Hoshea.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 17:3

• Assyria
• Hoshea
• Shalmaneser

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Hoshea
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Betharbel
• Captivity
• Moabite
• Samaria
• Shalman
• Baladan
• 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