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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
So (Pharaoh living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
King Hoshea of Israel stopped paying tribute to Assyria and sent to So, an Egyptian king, for help. That move brought on the invasion that ended with the fall of Samaria.
King Hoshea of Israel stopped paying tribute to Assyria and sent to So, an Egyptian king, for help. That move brought on the invasion that ended with the fall of Samaria.
An Egyptian king, likely of Nubian origin, whom King Hoshea of Israel appealed to for help against Assyria instead of paying his required tribute, a move that triggered the Assyrian invasion ending in Samaria's fall (2 Kings 17:4). Many historians identify him with Sib'e, a military commander of Egypt defeated by Sargon II at the battle of Raphia in 720 BC according to Assyrian royal inscriptions, though the exact identification remains debated among Egyptologists.
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- 2 Kings 17:4
