Hoshea (son of Elah)
호세아 (엘라의 아들)
Named at 2 Kings 15:30: “Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.” The Korean Revised Version puts the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah first (웃시야의 아들 요담 이십년에). 2 Kings 17:1–2 says, “In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him”; 17:3–4, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute, and that “The king of Assyria discovered a 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 seized him, and bound him in prison”; and 17:6, “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria”.
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- 2KI 15:30–31, engwebp
30Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2KI 17:1–4, engwebp
1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
2He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
3Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
4The king of Assyria discovered a 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 seized him, and bound him in prison.
- 2KI 17:5–6, engwebp
5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp
1Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
3He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
- 2KI 18:9–12, engwebp
9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
10At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
12because they didn’t obey the LORD their God’s voice, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it or do it.
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Elah (father of Hoshea) — Father of — Hoshea (son of Elah)
Evidence: 2 Kings 15:30–31, 2 Kings 17:1–4, 2 Kings 18:1–3, 2 Kings 18:9–12
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Took part in (2) — Hoshea the son of Elah kills Pekah the son of Remaliah and reigns in his place, Hoshea the son of Elah reigns in Samaria over Israel, and the king of Assyria binds him in prison
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Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
The king of Assyria discovered a 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 seized him, and bound him in prison.
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 15:30: “Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.” The Korean Revised Version puts the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah first (웃시야의 아들 요담 이십년에). 2 Kings 17:1–2 says, “In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him”; 17:3–4, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute, and that “The king of Assyria discovered a 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 seized him, and bound him in prison”; and 17:6, “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria”.
Cited evidence: 2KI 15:30–31, engwebp / 2KI 17:1–4, engwebp / 2KI 17:5–6, engwebp / 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp / 2KI 18:9–12, engwebp
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