2Ki 17:3-4, Hos 5:13, 8:9, 12:1 | ESV | STEP | Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria . And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute .

2 Kings 17:3-4

3 ^aAgainst him came up ^bShalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

Hosea 5:13

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ^chis wound,
then Ephraim went ^dto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^fBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ^gyour wound.

Hosea 8:9

9 For ^hthey have gone up to Assyria,
ⁱa wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 12:1

1 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues ^jthe east wind all day long;
they multiply ^kfalsehood and violence;
^lthey make a covenant with Assyria,
and ^moil is carried to Egypt.