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Against himעָלָיוcame upעָלָהShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶרkingמֶלֶךְof Assyria;אַשּׁוּרand Hosheaוַ הוֹשֵׁעַbecameיְהִיhis servantלוֹ עֶבֶדand paidוַיָּשֶׁבhimלוֹtribute.מִנְחָה
2 Kings 17:3
Study it in the app“Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:3, word by word
- came upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- Shalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶרshalmaneser
Shalmaneser
Shalmaneser. The name of the king of Assyria who came up against Hoshea, king of Israel, and besieged Samaria (2 Kings 17:3; 18:9).
Where else “shalmaneser” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- and Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhoshea
Hoshea
Hoshea, the first name of Joshua son of Nun; other men bear it later, among them the prophet Hosea. It means "salvation" or "deliverer."
Where else “hoshea” appears- becameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- his servantעֶבֶדeved
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appears- and paidיָּשֶׁבyashev
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashev” appears- tributeמִנְחָהmincha
tribute
What a conquered people must pay the king who rules them.
Where else “mincha” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
2He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, only not like the kings of Israel who were before him.
3 · This verse (above)
4But the king of Assyria found in Hoshea a conspiracy, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not brought up tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria detained him and bound him in prison.