2 Kings 18:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

At the end of three years, they captured it. So in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ מִקְצֵה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים בִּשְׁנַת־שֵׁ֖שׁ לְחִזְקִיָּ֑ה הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־תֵּ֗שַׁע לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִלְכְּדָ֖ה שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

And wayyilkəduha at miqtseh three shanim in shənat-six to Ḥizqiyyah, hiʾ shənat-nine to Hosheaʿ melek Yisraʾel, nilkədah Shomeron.

Grammar Details

• *wayyilkəduha*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and they captured it
• *miqtseh*: noun, masculine singular construct - end of
• *shanim*: noun, feminine plural - years
• *shənat*: noun, feminine singular construct - year of
• *Ḥizqiyyah*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *hiʾ*: pronoun, 3rd feminine singular - she/it
• *Hosheaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yisraʾel*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *nilkədah*: Niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - she was captured
• *Shomeron*: proper noun, feminine singular - Samaria

Word Meanings

• *wayyilkəduha*: they captured it/they seized it/they took it
• *miqtseh*: at the end of/after/in the course of
• *nilkədah*: was captured/was seized/was taken

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  At the end of three years they captured it. So, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and wanne it after thre yeares in the sixte yeare of Ezechias, that is in the nyenth yeare of Oseas kynge of Israel, the was Samaria wonne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And after three yeeres they tooke it, euen in the sixt yeere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yeere of Hoshea King of Israel was Samaria taken.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And after three yeres they toke it: euen in the sixth yere of Hezekia (that is to say the nynth yere of Hosea king of Israel) Samaria was wonne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And at the end of three years they took it: [even] in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they capture it at the end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah -- it `is' the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel -- hath Samaria been captureth,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah's rule, which was the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• World English Bible (2000)

  At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After three years he captured it(in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured.

Referenced Verses

• Amos 3:11-4:3 : 11 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: "An enemy will surround the land, bring down your strength, and plunder your fortresses." 12 This is what the Lord says: Just as a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with only the corner of a bed or a piece of a couch. 13 Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord God, the God of hosts. 14 For on the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. 15 I will strike down the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the Lord. 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your masters, 'Bring us something to drink!' 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: 'Indeed, the days are coming upon you when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.' 3 You will go out through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,' declares the LORD.
• Amos 6:7 : 7 Therefore, you will be among the first to go into exile, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
• Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, 'Strike the capitals so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people. Those who survive I will kill with the sword; not one of them will flee, not a single one will escape.' 2 'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.' 3 'If they hide themselves on the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search them out and seize them. If they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.' 4 'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'
• Mic 1:6-9 : 6 I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour her stones into the valley and lay bare her foundations. 7 All her carved images will be broken to pieces, all her earnings will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will destroy. Since she gathered them as wages of a prostitute, they will return to the wages of a prostitute. 8 Because of this, I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like jackals and mourn like ostriches. 9 For her wound is incurable; it has even reached Judah. It has reached the gates of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.
• Mic 6:16 : 16 You have followed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of the house of Ahab; you have walked in their counsels. Therefore, I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of scorn; you will bear the reproach of My people.
• Mic 7:13 : 13 The land will become desolate because of its inhabitants, due to the fruit of their deeds.