Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
The fourth year
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Bible References
The fourth year
2 Kings 18:1
Now it happened that during the third year of the reign of Elah's son Hoshea, king of Israel, that Ahaz' son Hezekiah became king.
2 Kings 17:4
But the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy involving Hoshea, who had sent envoys to King So of Egypt and stopped offering tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done annually. As a result, the king of Assyria placed him under arrest and sent him to prison.
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Ezekiel 23:9
Therefore, I turned her over to the control of her lovers, that is, into the control of the Assyrians for whom she lusted.