Study it in the app“But 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.”
But the kingוַ מֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרfoundיִּמְצָאin Hosheaבְּהוֹשֵׁעַa conspiracy,קֶשֶׁרforאֲשֶׁרhe had sentשָׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםto So,אֶל סוֹאkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand had notוְלֹאbrought upהֶעֱלָהtributeמִנְחָהto the kingלְמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרas he had done yearכְּשָׁנָהby year;בְשָׁנָהso the kingוַ מֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרdetained himיַּעַצְרֵהוּand bound himוַיַּאַסְרֵהוּin prison.בֵּית כֶּלֶא
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsa” appearsHoshea
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” appearsconspiracy
Conspiracy: a secret agreement to rise up against the one in power.
Where else “kesher” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearsSo
So. The name of the king of Egypt to whom Hoshea, king of Israel, sent messengers when he stopped paying tribute to Assyria (2 Kings 17:4). He is named only here.
Where else “so” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appearstribute
What a conquered people must pay the king who rules them.
Where else “mincha” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsrestrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “yaatsre” appearsbind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “yaasre” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsprison
Prison, confinement: a place where someone is held.
Where else “kele” appears1Assyria
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).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.
4 · This verse (above)
5The king of Assyria came up through all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
