2 Kings 17:4

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The king of Assyria found Hoshea to be a traitor. (Hoshea had sent messengers to King Dais of Egypt and had stopped making annual payments to the king of Assyria.) So the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:3

King Shalmaneser of Assyria defeated Hoshea, who became his servant and was required to make annual payments to him.

2 Kings 17:5

Then the king of Assyria attacked the entire country. He attacked Samaria and blockaded it for three years.

2 Kings 18:21

Now, look! When you trust Egypt, you’re trusting a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) is like for everyone who trusts him.

2 Kings 24:1

During Jehoiakim’s reign King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked ⌞Judah⌟, and Jehoiakim became subject to him for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against him and rebelled.

2 Kings 24:20

The Lord became angry with Jerusalem and Judah and threw the people out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons as he watched, and then they blinded Zedekiah. They put him in bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 32:11

Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you and abandoning you to die from hunger and thirst when he says, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria?’

Hosea 10:4

They say many things. They lie when they take oaths, and they make promises they don’t intend to keep. That’s why lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord brings charges against Judah and punishes Jacob because of the way their people act. He will pay them back for what they have done.

Hosea 13:10

“Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said, ‘Give us kings and officials!’

Hosea 8:10

Even though they sold themselves among the nations, I will gather them now. They will suffer for a while under the burdens of kings and princes.

Deuteronomy 28:36

The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.