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2 Kings 17:1

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

KJV

Anno duodecimo Achaz regis Juda, regnavit Osee filius Ela in Samaria super Israël novem annis.

Vulgate

Ἐν ἔτει δωδεκάτῳ τῷ Ἀχὰζ βασιλέως Ἰούδα ἐβασίλευσεν Ὡσῆε υἱὸς Ἠλὰ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐννέα ἔτη.

LXX

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.

ASV

בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לְ/אָחָ֖ז מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ הוֹשֵׁ֨עַ בֶּן אֵלָ֧ה בְ/שֹׁמְר֛וֹן עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תֵּ֥שַׁע שָׁנִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahAhazElahHosheaJudah

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵלָ֖ה
'lh
proper_noun · 16×
אָחָ֥ז
'chz
proper_noun · 41×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ
hvsh'
proper_noun · 16×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
shmrvn
proper_noun · 108×
תְּשַׁ֥ע
tsh'
adjective · 58×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the ministry of Elisha, the dynasty of Jehu, the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, the prophets Jonah and Isaiah, and the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians in 722 BC. Josephus preserves traditions about Jonah and the Ninevites that supplement the biblical book.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 16:24 — And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
  • 2Kgs 15:30 — And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.