IN the twelfth yeer] Eight yeers before this did Hoshea slay Pekah, and reigned in his steed, chap. 15. 30. but as a tributary to the king of Assyria, vers. 3. Now in the twelfth yeer of Ahaz, Hoshea rebelled against the king of Assyria, and took upon him an absolute government: and in that respect is said then to reign.