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2 Kings 18:10
And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of the Assyrian siege of Samaria, dating the event to the sixth year of King Hezekiah’s reign and the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign over Israel.
The words — מִקְצֵה (miqṣeh) denotes “the end” or “the full term,” while וַיִּלְכְּדוּהָ (wayyilkəḏûhâ) uses a Qal imperfect with waw consecutive to state “and they captured it.”
The thread — This historical marker aligns with prophetic warnings about Samaria’s fall in Hosea 13:16 and Amos 3:11, and it precedes the exile described in 2 Kings 18:11.
Why it lands — The verse demands precise chronological tracking of Judah’s and Israel’s political timelines, showing that the siege’s duration and its conclusion are recorded as historical fact rather than theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
Cross-references
- Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Amos 3:11 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
- Amos 6:7 Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
- Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
- Micah 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
- Micah 6:16 You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- Micah 7:13 Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.