2 Kings 17:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel; he reigned nine years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IN THE twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began his nine-year reign in Samaria over Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.

Common English Bible

¹ Hoshea, Elah’s son, became king in Samaria in the twelfth year of Judah’s king Ahaz. He ruled over Israel for nine years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for nine years.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda, Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years.

2 Kings 17:1 Cross References

2 Kings 15:30

Then Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, attacked him, and killed him; he reigned in place of him, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 16:1

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, King Ahaz son of Jotham of Judah began to reign.

2 Kings 17:2

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not like the kings of Israel who were before him.

2 Kings 18:1

In the third year of King Hoshea son of Elah of Israel, Hezekiah son of King Ahaz of Judah began to reign.