7. The Lord was with him, and he succeeded in all he set out to do. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
8. It was he who struck the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all its territory from guard post to garrisoned town.
9. In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, attacked Samaria and laid siege to it,