2 Kgs 17:1

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2Kgs 17:1 Hoshea's wicked reign.

2Kgs 17:3 Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt.

2Kgs 17:5 Samaria for sinning is led into captivity.

2Kgs 17:24 The strange nations which were transplanted into Samaria, being plagued with lions, make a mixture of religions.

A.M. 3274. B.C. 730. In the twelfth.

In 2Kgs 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 2Kgs 15:30.

Finally, the 12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to 2Kgs 17:1." Hoshea."After an interregnum, 2Kgs 15:30; 18:9."

2Kgs 17:1