# Hoshea son of Elah

Hoshea became the king of the northern kingdom of Israel.

# Elah

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# He ruled in Samaria

Samaria was the capital city of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# evil in the sight of Yahweh

He did not obey Yahweh's laws as given to Moses. "In the sight of" is metaphor for judgment or opinion. AT: "evil to Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Shalmaneser

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute

Hoshea did as the King of Assyria commanded and brought money to him so that the King would not destroy Israel.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ahaz]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hoshea]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/samaria]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofisrael]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/assyria]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tribute]]