OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 17:3

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Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

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Verse 3. Salmanasar, who is called Salman, or Salomo; (Osee 10:14) and Enemassar, in the Greek of Toby. The Tyrians relate that he took many of their towns, but that Tyre sustained a siege of five years. Joseph. ix. 14.

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