1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel--nine years,
2. and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;
3. against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.
4. And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.
5. And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
6. in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.
7. And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God--who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt--and fear other gods,