Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
The coming up against Hoshea was the advance of Shalmaneser king of Assyria with the hosts of Assyria to invest Samaria and begin its siege. In the siege that followed, multitudes perished miserably of hunger and disease as well as by the sword. The siege ended with the fall of the city and of the nation itself. The broken remnant of the ten tribes was then carried away captive and scattered in the provinces of the Assyrian realm.
The coming up against Hoshea was the advance of Shalmaneser king of Assyria with the hosts of Assyria to invest Samaria and begin its siege. In the siege that followed, multitudes perished miserably of hunger and disease as well as by the sword. The siege ended with the fall of the city and of the nation itself. The broken remnant of the ten tribes was then carried away captive and scattered in the provinces of the Assyrian realm.