1. In the twelfth year of Aḥaz sovereign of Yehuḏah, Hoshĕa son of Ělah began to reign over Yisra’ĕl in Shomeron, for nine years.
2. And he did evil in the eyes of יהוה, but not as the sovereigns of Yisra’ĕl who were before him.
3. Shalmaneser sovereign of Ashshur came up against him. And Hoshĕa became his servant, and rendered him a present.
4. But the sovereign of Ashshur found a conspiracy in Hoshĕa, for he had sent messengers to So, sovereign of Mitsrayim, and had not brought a present to the sovereign of Ashshur, as year by year. And the sovereign of Ashshur shut him up, and bound him in prison.
5. And the sovereign of Ashshur went through all the land, and went up to Shomeron and besieged it for three years.