2nd Kings Chapter 17 verse 3 Holy Bible
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
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Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.
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Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.
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Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
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against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Against him came up Shal-maneser King of Assyria. Shalmaneser's succession to Tiglath-pileser on the throne of Assyria, once doubted, is now rendered certain by the Eponym Canon, which makes him ascend the throne in B.C. 727, and cease to reign in B.C. 722. It is uncertain whether he was Tiglath-pileser's son or a usurper. The name, Shalmaneser (Sali-manu-uzur) was an old royal name in Assyria, and signified "Shalman protects" (compare the names Nabu-kudur-uzur, Nergal-asar-uzur, Nabu-pal-uzur, etc.). And Hoshea became his servant. Hoshea had been placed on the throne by Tiglath-pileser ('Eponym Canon,' pp. 123, 124, lines 17,18), and had paid him tribute (ibid., lines 18, 19). We must suppose that on Tiglath-pileser's death, in B.C. 727, he had revolted, and resumed his independence. Shalmaneser. having become king, probably came up against Hoshea in the same year, and forced him to resume his position of Assyrian tributary. This may have been the time when "Shalman spoiled Beth-Arbel in the day of battle" (Dos. 10:14), defeating Hoshea near that place (Arbela, now Irbid, in Galilee), and taking it. And gave him presents; or, rendered him tribute, as in the margin of the Authorized Version.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria.--Shalmaneser IV. (Shalmanu-ushshir, "Shalman be gracious!"), the successor of Tiglath Pileser II., and predecessor of Sargon, reigned 727-722 B.C. No annals of his reign have come down to us in the cuneiform inscriptions, but a fragment of the Eponyra-list notes foreign expeditions for the three successive years 725-723 B.C. This agrees with what Menander states (Josephus, Ant. ix. 14, 2), according to whom Shalmaneser made an expedition against Tyre (and no doubt Israel, as the ally of Tyre), which lasted five years--i.e., was continued beyond Shalmaneser's reign into that of Sargon. Nothing is known of the death of Shalmaneser.
