Reign of Hoshea
729 BCfor 9Y
Relationships
Participants Hoshea
Locations Samaria
Preceded by Reign of Ahaz
Part of Northern Kingdom (Israel)
Followed by Reign of Hezekiah
Key verses
2 Kings 17:3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
2 Kings 17:4
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 shut him up, and bound him in prison.
2 Kings 17:2
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.