2 Kings 17:3-5
Context17:3 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.