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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Kings 17:1

It was in the twelfth year of Achaz king of Y'hudah that Hoshea the son of Elah began his reign over Isra'el in Shomron; he ruled for nine years.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elah;   Hoshea;   Rulers;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hoshea;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Hoshea;   Shalmaneser;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hoshea;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Samaria, samaritans;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Samaritans;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Elah;   Hoshea;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Elah;   Hosea;   Hoshea (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Hosea;   Israel, History of;   Jonah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hoshea;   Israel;   Samaria;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elah ;   Hoshea ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hosea;   Shalmanezer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'lah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hosea;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elah (1);   Hoshea;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chronology;   Hoshea;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the twelfth year of Judah’s King Ahaz, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
Hebrew Names Version
In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Yehudah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Shomron over Yisra'el, [and reigned] nine years.
King James Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
English Standard Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years.
New Century Version
Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel during Ahaz's twelfth year as king of Judah. Hoshea ruled in Samaria nine years.
New English Translation
In the twelfth year of King Ahaz's reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.
Amplified Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned for nine years.
New American Standard Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned for nine years.
World English Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the twelft yeere of Ahaz King of Iudah began Hoshea the sonne of Elah to reigne in Samaria ouer Israel, and reigned nine yeeres.
Legacy Standard Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned nine years.
Berean Standard Bible
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
Contemporary English Version
Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in the twelfth year of Ahaz's rule in Judah, and he ruled nine years from Samaria.
Darby Translation
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, for nine years.
Easy-to-Read Version
Hoshea son of Elah began to rule in Samaria over Israel. This was during the 12th year that Ahaz was king of Judah. Hoshea ruled nine years.
George Lamsa Translation
IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.
Good News Translation
In the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for nine years.
Lexham English Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz the king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, reigning nine years.
Literal Translation
In the twelfth year of Ahaz the king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah reigned in Samaria, nine years over Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the twolueth yeare of Achas the kynge of Iuda, begane Oseas ye sonne of Ela to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria nyne yeare,
American Standard Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.
Bible in Basic English
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the twelfth yere of Ahaz king of Iuda, began Hosea the sonne of Elah to raigne in Samaria vpon Israel nine yeres:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.
King James Version (1611)
In the twelfth yeere of Ahaz, king of Iudah, began Hoshea the sonne of Elah to reigne in Samaria, ouer Israel nine yeeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda began Osee the son of Ela to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
English Revised Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yn the tweluethe yeer of Achaz, kyng of Juda, Osee, sone of Hela, regnyde in Samarie on Israel nyne yeer.
Young's Literal Translation
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel -- nine years,
Update Bible Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
Webster's Bible Translation
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
New King James Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
New Living Translation
Hoshea son of Elah began to rule over Israel in the twelfth year of King Ahaz's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria nine years.
New Life Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became the king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for nine years.
New Revised Standard
In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel; he reigned nine years.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, began Hosea son of Elah to reign in Samaria, over Israel, and he reigned nine years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda, Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria, over Israel, nine years.
Revised Standard Version
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah Hoshe'a the son of Elah began to reign in Sama'ria over Israel, and he reigned nine years.
THE MESSAGE
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for nine years. As far as God was concerned, he lived a bad life, but not nearly as bad as the kings who had preceded him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years.

Contextual Overview

1 It was in the twelfth year of Achaz king of Y'hudah that Hoshea the son of Elah began his reign over Isra'el in Shomron; he ruled for nine years. 2 He did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, although he wasn't as bad as the kings of Isra'el who had preceded him. 3 Shalman'eser king of Ashur advanced against Hoshea, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Ashur found that Hoshea was conspiring [against him] — he had sent messengers to So the king of Egypt and not paid his tribute to the king of Ashur, as he had previously done every year. For this the king of Ashur imprisoned him, putting him in chains. 5 Then the king of Ashur invaded all the land, advanced on Shomron and put it under siege for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Ashur captured Shomron. He carried Isra'el away captive to Ashur, resettling them in Halach, in Havor on the Gozan River and in the cities of the Medes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3274, bc 730

In the twelfth: In 2 Kings 15:30, this is said to be "the twentieth year of Jotham," which Calmet thus reconciles: "Hosea conspired against Pekah, the 20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the 18th of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the 4th of Ahaz and the 20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to 2 Kings 15:30. Finally, the 12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to 2 Kings 17:1."

Hoshea: "After an interregnum, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 18:9." 2 Kings 17:1

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General 1 Kings 16:24 - the name of the city 2 Kings 18:1 - in the third Hosea 8:8 - swallowed Hosea 13:11 - General Zechariah 1:18 - four

Cross-References

Genesis 5:22
After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God 300 years and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:24
Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.
Genesis 12:1
Now Adonai said to Avram, "Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:7
Adonai appeared to Avram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built an altar there to Adonai , who had appeared to him.
Genesis 16:16
Avram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Yishma‘el to Avram.
Genesis 18:1
Adonai appeared to Avraham by the oaks of Mamre as he sat at the entrance to the tent during the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for Adonai ? At the time set for it, at this season next year, I will return to you; and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 28:3
May El Shaddai bless you, make you fruitful and increase your descendants, until they become a whole assembly of peoples.
Genesis 35:11
God further said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a group of nations, will come from you; kings will be descended from you.
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Yosef: "The God in whose presence my fathers Avraham and Yitz'chak lived, the God who has been my own shepherd all my life long to this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the tenth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. In this account there is some difficulty, since it was in the twentieth of Jotham, that is, the fourth of Ahaz, that Hosea conspired against Pekah king of Israel, and slew him, when it might be reasonably thought he began his reign: now either there was an interregnum until the twelfth of Ahaz, or Hoshea however was not generally received and acknowledged as king till then, as others think; he being a tributary to the king of Assyria, and a kind of viceroy, is not said to reign until he rebelled against him; after which he reigned nine years, four in the times of Ahaz, and five in the reign of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 18:9, in this way the author of the Jewish chronology goes r, in which he is followed by other Jewish writers; and this bids as fair as any to remove the difficulty, unless these nine years refer to the time of his reign before the twelfth of Ahaz; and the sense be, that in the twelfth of Ahaz he had reigned nine year's; but it is said he "began" to reign then.

r Seder Olam Rabba, c. 22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the twelfth year - Compare 2 Kings 15:30 note. The history of the kingdom of Israel is in this chapter brought to a close.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVII

Hoshea's wicked reign, 1, 2.

Shalmaneser comes up against him, makes him tributary, and

then casts him into prison, 3, 4.

He besieges Samaria three years; and at last takes it, and

carries Israel captive into Assyria, and places them in

different cities of the Assyrians and Medes, 5, 6.

The reason why Israel was thus afflicted; their idolatry,

obstinacy, divination, c., 7-18.

Judah copies the misconduct of Israel, 19.

The Lord rejects all the seed of Israel, 20-23.

The king of Assyria brings different nations and places them

in Samaria, and the cities from which the Israelites had been

led away into captivity, 24.

Many of these strange people are destroyed by lions, 25.

The king of Assyria sends back some of the Israelitish priests

to teach these nations the worship of Jehovah which worship

they incorporate with their own idolatry, 26-33.

The state of the Israelites, and strange nations in the land of

Israel, 34-41.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII


 
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