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Assyrian guards confine Hoshea after intercepting his Egyptian envoys' correspondence, with the Egyptian appeal suggested by a distant court motif and no legible writing.
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2 Kings 17:4

The failed conspiracy

The Fall of Samaria · 2 Kings 17

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4Then the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, because he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had not sent up tribute to the king of Assyria, as year by year. So the king of Assyria confined him and bound him in prison.

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