1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
2. He did that which was evil in the Lord’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
3. Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
4. The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison.
5. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.