a17:1-23
b17:1-6
c17:7-17
d17:18-20
e17:21-23
f17:1
g15:30
h16:2

‏ 2 Kings 17:1

Summary for 2Kgs 17:1-23: 17:1-23  a The report of the northern kingdom’s fall proceeds in two major sections: (1) events in the reign of Israel’s final king, Hoshea, and the circumstances that brought about the capture of Samaria and the deportation of Israel’s citizens (17:1-6  b); (2) the reasons for Israel’s collapse and conquest by Assyria—Israel’s many sins (17:7-17  c) that merited God’s judgment (17:18-20  d) and the great sin of Jeroboam I, who laid the foundation for Israel’s rampant apostasy (17:21-23  e). 17:1  f Hoshea ... began to rule over Israel in 732 BC.

• Hoshea’s reign is listed as beginning in “the twentieth year of Jotham” (15:30  g) and in the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign in Judah. Ahaz apparently co-reigned with Jotham from about 743 BC, when he was twelve years old, but Ahaz’s official regnal years were calculated from 731 BC (16:2  h). Thus the references to Ahaz’s reign are in harmony.
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