What does 2 Kings 17:3-4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gavea him presents.
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no presentb 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.