2 Kings 18:5-12

New International Version

⁵ Hezekiah trusted^(A) in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. ⁶ He held fast^(B) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. ⁷ And the Lord was with him; he was successful^(C) in whatever he undertook. He rebelled^(D) against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. ⁸ From watchtower to fortified city,^(E) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

⁹ In King Hezekiah’s fourth year,^(F) which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. ¹⁰ At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. ¹¹ The king^(G) of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.^{(H) 12} This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant^(I)—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.^(J) They neither listened to the commands^(K) nor carried them out.