2Ki 17:4 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

‏ 2 Kings 17:4

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.