Hos 13:10 | TNotes | STEP | 13:10 where is your king? When Hoshea’s alliance with Egypt failed (see 12:1 ), he tried to make peace with Assyria, but he was captured and imprisoned (2 Kgs 17:4 ). The Israelites had relied on their armies and kings to save them rather than on the Lord, and now there was no one to save them.

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‏ Hosea 13:10

13:10 ^a where is your king? When Hoshea’s alliance with Egypt failed (see 12:1 ^b), he tried to make peace with Assyria, but he was captured and imprisoned (2 Kgs 17:4 ^c). The Israelites had relied on their armies and kings to save them rather than on the Lord, and now there was no one to save them.