2 Kings 17:3

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Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Assyria, centered in Mesopotamia, was the empire whose king Shalmaneser subjected Hoshea of Israel to tribute in this verse. The other places frame the chapter’s later account: Israel

Places in this passage

2 Kings 17:3 mentions Assyria, Avva, Babylon, Bethel, Cuth, Egypt, Gozan, Habor, Halah, Hamath and Samaria.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky