2 Kings 17:1

Began Hoshea. For the chronology of Hoshea’s reign see p. 150. Tiglath-pileser III claimed to have placed Hoshea on the throne after Pekah had been overthrown by the people of Israel, and to have received from him 10 talents of gold and 1,000 talents of silver as tribute. This evidently means that Hoshea, after having overthrown Pekah, made his peace with the Assyrian king and acknowledged his authority. Tiglath-pileser was then engaged in a series of wars in the west — in 734 B.C. against Philistia and in 733 and 732 against Damascus. Ahaz of Judah had recently sent a delegation to Tiglath-pileser to purchase his aid against Pekah and Rezin (ch. 16:7-9), and Hoshea would thus also be forced to recognize the overlordship of Assyria before taking the throne in Israel. His revolt against Pekah may have been made with the connivance and support of the Assyrian king.