Shalmaneser

Mentioned 739–722 BC traditional (Jones)

An Assyrian king (Hos. 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II. (Sayce) or IV.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 3 verses

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Hoshea, Elah, and Hezekiah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Shalmaneser, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

location not graded: Assyria2
possible location: Beth-arbel1
likely location: Samaria1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 764–697 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 5 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

2 Kings2
Hosea1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Shalmaneser 2
KJV	Shalmaneser 2
ASV	Shalmaneser 2

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Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings2 verses

17:3
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
18:9
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

Hosea1 verse

10:14
the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

An Assyrian king (Hos. 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II. (Sayce) or IV. (Lenormant), the successor of Pul on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 728). He made war against Hoshea, the king of Israel, whom he subdued and compelled to pay an annual tribute. Hoshea, however, soon after rebelled against his Assyrian conquerer. Shalmaneser again marched against Samaria, which, after a siege of three years, was taken (2 Kings 17:3-5; 18:9) by Sargon (q.v.). A revolution meantime had broken out in Assyria, and Shalmaneser was deposed. Sargon usurped the vacant throne. Schrader thinks that this is probably the name of a king of Moab mentioned on an inscription of Tiglath-pileser as Salamanu.