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They captured itוַיִּלְכְּדֻהָat the endמִקְצֵהof threeשָׁלֹשׁyears;שָׁנִיםin yearבִּשְׁנַתsixשֵׁשׁof Hezekiah,לְחִזְקִיָּהthat isהִיאyearשְׁנַתnineתֵּשַׁעof Hosheaלְהוֹשֵׁעַkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלSamariaשֹׁמְרוֹןwas captured.נִלְכְּדָה
2 Kings 18:10
Study it in the app“They captured it at the end of three years; in year six of Hezekiah, that is year nine of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 18:10, word by word
- They captured itיִּלְכְּדֻyilkdu
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkdu” appears- at the endקְצֵהketse
close
What comes when a time finishes: the close of the years.
Where else “ketse” appears- of threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- of Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהchizkiya
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “chizkiya” appears- nineתֵּשַׁעtesha
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appears- of 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- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
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Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
9And it happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
10 · This verse (above)
11The king of Assyria carried Israel into exile to Assyria and led them to Halah and to the Habor, the river of Gozan, and to the cities of the Medes,