17 In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Yehudah, Elah’s son Hoshea became king over Israel and he reigned from Shomron (Samaria) for nine years. 2 He did what Yahweh had said was evil, although nothing like the Israeli kings who’d preceded him. 3 Assyria’s King Shalmaneser attacked and defeated him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid tribute to him. 4 But the Assyrian king discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt and had sent messengers to the Egyptian King So and hadn’t kept up the annual tribute payment. So the Assyrian king arrested Hoshea and imprisoned him.