2 Kings 18 · Verse 9

2 Kings 18:9

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings 18:9, King James Version

2 Kings 18:9 in other translations

BSBIn the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
WEBIn 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.
ASVAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of king Hezekiah--it is the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel--come up hath Shalmaneser king of Asshur against Samaria, and layeth siege to it,
DARBYAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
BBENow 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, shutting it in with his armies.
WebsterAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

What does 2 Kings 18:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 In the fourth year - This history has been already given, 2Kgs 17:3, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 18:9-16
The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and lukewarmness of numbers, require correction; such trials purify the faith and hope of the upright, and bring them to simple dependence on God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 18:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִ֞יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141
הָֽרְבִיעִית֙ha.re.vi.'It<the> fourthH7243
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428
חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
הִ֚יאhi'itH1931
הַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.Nah[was] the yearH8141
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יתha.she.vi.'It<the> seventhH7637
לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַle.ho.She.a'of HosheaH1954
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֵלָ֖ה'e.LahElahH425
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עָלָ֞ה'a.Lahhe came upH5927
שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶרshal.man.'E.serShalmaneserH8022
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111
וַיָּ֥צַרvai.Ya.tzarand he laid siegeH6696
עָלֶֽיהָ\׃'a.Lei.haon itH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 18:9

  • Hosea 10:14

    Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

  • 2 Kings 18:1

    Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2 Kings 17:3-23

    Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3281. B.C. 723. the fourth year.
1; 17:4-6
Shalmaneser.
17:3-23; Ho 10:14
Shalman.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 18:8

    He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

  • 2 Kings 18:9

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

  • 2 Kings 18:10

    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.

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2 Kings 18:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el cuarto año del rey Ezechîas, que era el año séptimo de Oseas hijo de Ela rey de Israel, subió Salmanasar rey de los Asirios contra Samaria, y cercóla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva, la quatrième année du roi Ézéchias, qui était la septième d’Osée, fils d’Éla, roi d’Israël, que Shalmanéser, roi d’Assyrie, monta contre Samarie et l’assiégea.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah im vierten Jahre des Königs Hiskia, das war das siebte Jahr Hoseas, des Sohnes Elas, des Königs von Israel, da zog Salmaneser, der König von Assyrien, wider Samaria herauf und belagerte es.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Anno quarto regis Ezechiæ, qui erat annus septimus Osee filii Ela regis Israël, ascendit Salmanasar rex Assyriorum in Samariam, et oppugnavit eam,