2 Kings 17:3
What does 2 Kings 17:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 17:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Against him came up Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and paid him tribute.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.
Context
v.2And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
v.3This passage
v.4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
- Isaiah 10:11
shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
- 2 Kings 18:31
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
- Isaiah 7:7
thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
- 2 Samuel 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.