2 Kings 17:4
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. The Assyrian king Shalmaneser besieges Samaria for three years; his successor Sargon II deports Israel to Assyria. The theological analysis is explicit: Israel fell because they sinned against God from the exodus onward, following other gods, erecting high places, and …
Other Translations
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute 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.
And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.
But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.
Cross References
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch …
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they …
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a …
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that …
And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: …
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him …
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them …