2 Kings 17:1 CPDV

¹  In the twelfth year of Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for nine years.

²  And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.

³  Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended against him. And Hoshea became a servant to him, and he paid him tribute.