John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah , etc.] In the beginning of it: which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel : the beginning of his seventh: that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it ; (see 2 Kings 17:5).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-16 - The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to tha kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and lukewarmness of numbers require correction; such trials purify the faith and hope of the upright, and bring them to simple dependence on God.
Original Hebrew ויהי1961 בשׁנה8141 הרביעית7243 למלך4428 חזקיהו2396 היא1931 השׁנה8141 השׁביעית7637 להושׁע1954 בן1121 אלה425 מלך4428 ישׂראל3478 עלה5927 שׁלמנאסר8022 מלך4428 אשׁור804 על5921 שׁמרון8111 ויצר6696 עליה׃5921
