I gave thee, &c. Reference to 1 Samuel 8:7. 1Sa 10:19. 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 16:1. Compare Hosea 10:3. Or, literally "I give... and take him away", referring to. continued act, the violent deaths of Israel's then recent kings: Zachariah murdered by Shallum; Shallum by Menahem; Pekahiah by Pekah; and Pekah by Hoshea, who was now. prisoner in Assyria.
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Hosea 13:11
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.