2 Kings 18:9 meaning and explanation
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
2 Kings 18:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator dates this campaign by two kings at once, Hezekiah of Judah and Hoshea of Israel, because the fall of Samaria is the hinge between the two kingdoms. Shalmaneser V of Assyria besieged the northern capital in about 725 BC, and the city fell three years later, as the next verses report.
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