en_tn/2ki/17/04.md

translationWords

• en:tw:egypt
• en:tw:mede
• en:tw:messenger
• en:tw:prison
• en:tw:send
• en:tw:siege

translationNotes

• So...Halah...Habor...Gozan...Medes - (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
• year by year - "every year" (UDB)
• shut him up and bound him in prison - "put Hoshea in prison" (UDB)
• besieged it - put troops around the city in order to force it to surrender
• carried Israel away to Assyria - "took the Israelite people to Assyria" (UDB)