Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happenedוַיְהִיin the fourth yearבַּשָּׁנָה הָרְבִיעִיתof KingלַמֶּלֶךְHezekiah,חִזְקִיָּהוּthat wasהִיאthe seventh yearהַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִיתof Hosheaלְהוֹשֵׁעַsonבֶּןof Elah,אֵלָהkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthat Shalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶרkingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרcame upעָלָהagainst Samariaעַל שֹׁמְרוֹןand besieged it.וַיָּצַר עָלֶיהָ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsfourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “reviit” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsHezekiah
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 “chizkiyahu” appearsseventh
Seventh.
Where else “sheviit” 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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsElah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “ela” appearsIsrael
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” appearsShalmaneser
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” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsbesiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “yatsar” 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).
2Samaria
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).
8He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territories, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
9 · This verse (above)
10They 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.
