InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25
2 Ki 17 V1 V3 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41
OET-LV And_ the_king_of ʼAshshūr _he/it_ascended in_all the_earth/land and_he/it_ascended Shomrōn and_he/it_laid_siege on/upon_it(f) three years.
OET (OET-RV) Then the Assyrian king attacked the whole country, including besieging Shomron (Samaria) for three years.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background
וַיַּ֥עַל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended king ʼAshshūr in=all the=earth/land and=he/it_ascended Shomrōn and=he/it_laid_siege on/upon=it(f) three years )
The author described the ultimate result of Hoshea’s rebellion in the previous verse. In this verse and the next verse, he is describing the ongoing events that led to this result. Connect these verses to the previous verse in a way that makes it clear in your language that they are describing something that led to the result already stated.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
וַיַּ֥עַל & בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended king ʼAshshūr in=all the=earth/land and=he/it_ascended Shomrōn and=he/it_laid_siege on/upon=it(f) three years )
The author is saying all of the land as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [subjugated the kingdom as a whole]
OET-LV And_ the_king_of ʼAshshūr _he/it_ascended in_all the_earth/land and_he/it_ascended Shomrōn and_he/it_laid_siege on/upon_it(f) three years.
OET (OET-RV) Then the Assyrian king attacked the whole country, including besieging Shomron (Samaria) for three years.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.