1. In Ahaz’s twelfth year as king of Judah, Hoshea, son of Elah, began to rule as king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for nine years.
2. He did what the Lord considered evil, but he didn’t do what the kings of Israel before him had done.
3. King Shalmaneser of Assyria defeated Hoshea, who became his servant and was required to make annual payments to him.