2 Kings 17:4
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.
KJV
Cumque deprehendisset rex Assyriorum Osee, quod rebellare nitens misisset nuntios ad Sua regem Ægypti ne præstaret tributa regi Assyriorum sicut singulis annis solitus erat, obsedit eum, et vinctum misit in carcerem.
Vulgate
καὶ εὗρεν βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων ἐν τῷ Ὡσῆε ἀδικίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸς Σηγὼρ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ οὐκ ἤνεγκεν μαναὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀσσυρίων ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ· καὶ ἐπολιόρκησεν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν οἴκῳ φυλακῆς.
LXX
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, 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.
ASV
וַ/יִּמְצָא֩ מֶֽלֶךְ אַשּׁ֨וּר בְּ/הוֹשֵׁ֜עַ קֶ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִים֙ אֶל ס֣וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם וְ/לֹא הֶעֱלָ֥ה מִנְחָ֛ה לְ/מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר כְּ/שָׁנָ֣ה בְ/שָׁנָ֑ה וַֽ/יַּעַצְרֵ֨/הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַ/יַּאַסְרֵ֖/הוּ בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Great is shown to be in all things the gain of humility. Thus it is that we have brought arts to perfection, not by learning them all at once from our teachers; it is thus that we have built cities, putting them together slowly, little by little; it is thus that we maintain our life. And marvel not if the thing has so much power in matters pertaining to this life, when in sp…
Cross-references
- Hos 13:10 — I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
- Isa 36:6 — Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.