King of Egypt who received messengers from King Hoshea of Israel (2 Kgs. 17: 4), which provoked the Assyrian assault on Samaria (725 BCE). No Egyptian source mentions this ruler, and the accuracy of the reference has been widely suspected.
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King of Egypt who received messengers from King Hoshea of Israel (2 Kgs. 17: 4), which provoked the Assyrian assault on Samaria (725 BCE). No Egyptian source mentions this ruler, and the accuracy of the reference has been widely suspected.