And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshe´a: 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.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezeki´ah, which was the seventh year of Hoshe´a son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmane´ser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.