2 Kings 17:1

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel — nine years,

Young's Literal Translation

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 doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

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Cross References

2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.

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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