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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the twelfth year - Compare 2 Kings 15:30 note. The history of the kingdom of Israel is in this chapter brought to a close.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Hoshea and Destruction of Samaria . Hoshea has been previously mentioned ( 2 Kings 15:30 ). According to the inscription of Tiglath-pileser...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

twelfth year. There was anarchy for nine years between Pekah and Hoshea. For, in 2 Kings 15:30 , Hoshea conspired against Pekah in the twentieth y...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. In the twelfth year of Aha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hoshea ] Hoshea, unlike Pekah ( 2 Kings 16:5 ), belonged to the faction in Samaria which relied on Assyrian support, and Tiglath-pileser, in his ins...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Samaria This chapter relates the reign of Hoshea. He intrigued with Egypt and rebelled against Assyria; and Samaria, in consequence, w...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XVII. THE REIGN OF HOSHEA, THE LAST KING OF SAMARIA. THE FALL OF SAMARIA. CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL, AND RE-PEOPLING OF THE LAND BY FOREIGNERS. (1) In...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HOSHEA, AND THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM B.C. 734-725 2 Kings 17:1-41 "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon: the water."...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cause of Israel's Weakness 2 Kings 17:1-12 This chapter reads like a page from the books of the great white throne. Hoshea, the last king o...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

While Ahaz occupied the throne of Judah, Hoshea, by the murder of Pekah, succeeded to the throne of Israel. His reign, too, was evil, although he did...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter relates to the history of the kingdom of Israel. Hosea's wicked reign is recorded, and which terminates the Israelitish kingdo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader will do well, while reading this chapter, to keep in view what the prophets have said concerning the events recorded in those days. The pr...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the tenth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. In this account there is some diff...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. Ver. 1. Began Hoshea the son of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the twelfth year of Ahaz, began Hoshea to reign He usurped the kingdom in Ahaz's fourth year; but either was not owned as king by the generality...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOSHEA REIGNING IN ISRAEL (vv.1-4) Hoshea had conspired against and killed Pekah (ch.15:30), so that Hoshea began to reign over Israel in the tw...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samaria Besieged by the Assyrians; Israel Subdued by Assyria. B. C. 730....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 KINGS CHAPTER 17 Hoshea king of Israel, his wicked reign: being subdued by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, he conspireth against him with So king of...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Hoshea King Of Israel c. 732/1-723/2 BC And The Last Days Of Israel ( 2 Kings 17:1-7 ). The history here is very much telescoped. Hos...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE EXTINCTION OF THE ISRAELITISH KINGDOM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 17:2 . Did evil … but not as the kings of Israel —Scripture...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 17:1 . The twelfth year of Ahaz. Hoshea did not get confirmed in the kingdom of nine years, for in 2 Kings 15:30 it is said that he bega...
The Biblical Illustrator

In the twelfth year of Ahaz King of Judah began Hoshea. Aspects of a corrupt nation Hoshea, the king here mentioned, was the nineteenth and las...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 17:1-12 THE REIGN OF HOSHEA OVER ISRAEL . DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELITE KINGDOM , AND THE GROUND...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, began Hoshea, the son of Elah, after some eight years of a state bordering on anarchy, to reign in Samar...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Israel as a Nation
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To reign — He usurped the kingdom in Ahaz's fourth year; but either was not owned as king, by the generality of the people; or was not accepted and...

¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 17:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 17:1