In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Kings 18:9 in context
2 Kings 18:6–12
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For he joined with the LORD. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
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The LORD was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
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He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
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In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
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At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
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because they didn’t obey the LORD their God’s voice, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it or do it.
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