2 Kings 17:3-5
17:3 King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened 1 him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.
17:4 The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. 2 Hoshea had sent messengers to King So 3 of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him. 4
17:5 The king of Assyria marched through 5 the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.
1 tn Heb “went up against.”
2 tn Heb “and the king of Assyria found in Hoshea conspiracy.”
3 sn For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196.
4 tn Heb “and bound him in the house of confinement.”
5 tn Heb “went up against.”