Shalmaneser came up to attack Hoshea. Shalmaneser was king of Assyria. He had been Hoshea’s master. He had forced Hoshea to bring him gifts.

亚述王撒缦以色上来攻击何细亚，何细亚就服侍他，给他进贡。

亚述王撒缦以色上来攻击何细亚，何细亚就服事他，向他进贡。

亚述王撒缦以色上来攻击何细亚，何细亚就服事他，向他进贡。

亚述王撒缦以色攻打以色列，何细亚纳贡称臣。

亚述王撒缦以色上来攻击他，他就臣服于他，并且向他进贡。

亞述王撒縵以色上來攻擊何細亞，何細亞就服事他，給他進貢。

亞述王撒縵以色上來攻擊何細亞，何細亞就服事他，向他進貢。

亞述王撒縵以色上來攻擊何細亞，何細亞就服事他，向他進貢。

亞述王撒縵以色攻打以色列，何細亞納貢稱臣。

亞述王撒縵以色上來攻擊他，他就臣服於他，並且向他進貢。

亞述王撒縵以色上來攻擊何細亞，何細亞就臣服他，給他進貢。

亞述王撒縵以色上而攻之、何細亞臣服之、而納貢焉、

亞述王撒馬尼斯攻何西、何西臣服納貢、

亞述王撒縵以色來攻何西阿、何西阿臣服之而納貢焉、

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

Shalmaneser the king of Assyria marched against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money.

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute money.

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

But the roar of battle will come against you. All your forts will be completely destroyed. It will happen just as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in a battle. Mothers and their children were smashed on the ground.

So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, took the army tents down. Then he left. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.One day Sennacherib was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok. His sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with their swords. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon became the next king after his father Sennacherib.

During the rule of Pekah, the king of Israel, Tiglath- Pileser marched into the land again. He was king of Assyria. He captured the towns of Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He also captured the lands of Gilead and Galilee. That included the whole territory of Naphtali. He took the people away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria.

“ Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says,‘ Make a peace treaty with me. Come over to my side. Then each one of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree. Each one of you will drink water from your own well.

I took over Samaria and its statues of gods. In the same way, I will take Jerusalem and its gods.’ ”The Lord will finish everything he has planned to do against Mount Zion and Jerusalem. Then he’ll say,“ Now I will punish the king of Assyria. I will punish him because his heart and his eyes are so proud.

David also won the battle over the people of Moab. He made them lie down on the ground. Then he measured them off with a piece of rope. He put two- thirds of them to death. He let the other third remain alive. So the Moabites were brought under David’s rule. They gave him the gifts he required them to bring him.

Then Tiglath- Pileser marched into the land of Israel. He was king of Assyria. Menahem gave him 38 tons of silver to get his help. He wanted to make his control over the kingdom stronger.

But I am the Lord and King. I say,“‘ “That will not happen. It will not take place.The capital of Aram is Damascus. And the ruler of Damascus is only Rezin. Do not worry about the people of Ephraim. They will be too crushed to be considered a people. That will happen before 65 years are over.

Shalmaneser marched to Samaria and surrounded it. It was in the fourth year of King Hezekiah. That was the seventh year of Hoshea, the king of Israel. Hoshea was the son of Elah. Shalmaneser was king of Assyria.At the end of three years the army of Assyria captured Samaria. That happened in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s rule. It was the ninth year of the rule of Hoshea, the king of Israel.The king of Assyria took the people of Israel away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.These things happened because the Israelites hadn’t obeyed the Lord their God. They had broken the covenant he had made with them. They had refused to do everything Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded. They hadn’t paid any attention to those commands. They hadn’t obeyed them.Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent a message to the king of Assyria at Lachish. Hezekiah said,“ I have done what is wrong. Pull your troops back from me. Then I’ll pay you anything you ask me to.” The king of Assyria forced Hezekiah, the king of Judah, to give him 11 tons of silver. Hezekiah also had to give him one ton of gold.So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord’ s temple. He also gave him all the silver among the treasures in the royal palace.Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had covered the doors and doorposts of the Lord’ s temple with gold. But now he had to strip it off. He had to give it to the king of Assyria.

He stationed some soldiers in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus. The people of Aram were brought under his rule. They gave him the gifts he required them to bring him. The Lord helped David win his battles everywhere he went.

Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath- Pileser. He was king of Assyria. The message of Ahaz said,“ I am your servant. You are my master. Come up and save me from the power of the kings of Aram and Israel. They are attacking me.”Ahaz took the silver and gold that were in the Lord’ s temple. He also took the silver and gold that were among the treasures in the royal palace. He sent all of it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

The Lord says,“ How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.