30 Then ^jHoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him down and put him to death and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

Hoshea Reigns in Israel

1 In the twelfth year of ^pAhaz king of Judah, ^qHoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years. 2 And he ^rdid what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3 Against him came up ^sShalmaneser king of Assyria. ^tAnd Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of ^uEgypt, 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. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he ^vbesieged it.

The Fall of Israel

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he ^wcarried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.