2 Kings 17:1

In the twelfth year of Achaz the king of Judah became Hoshea' the son of Elah king in Samaria over Israel, [for] nine years.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel that were before him.

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Cross References

2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu, became Achaz, the son of Jotham the king of Judah, king.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:1

This chapter gives us an account of the captivity of the ten tribes, and so finishes the history of that kingdom, after it had continued about 265 years, from the setting up of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. In it we have, I. A short narrative of this destruction, ver. 1-6 . II. Remarks upon it, and the causes of it, for the justifying of God in it and for warning to others, ver. 7-23 . III. An account of the nations which succeeded them in the possession of their land, and the mongrel religion set up among them, ver.… Read the whole commentary →

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