John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 18:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, etc.] That is, in the third year of his rebelling against the king of Assyria, when he shook off his yoke, and refused to be tributary to him any longer, (see <121701>2 Kings 17:1), [that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign; having finished the account of the kingdom of Israel, and the captivity of the people, the historian returns to the kingdom of Judah, and the things of it.

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