2 Kings 17:1-6
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Hoshea Reigns over Israel
17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned for nine years. 2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who came before him. 3 [a]Shalmaneser [V] king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute (money). 4 But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, who sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and bound him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land [of Israel] and went up to [b]Samaria and besieged it for three years.
Israel Captive
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, [c]the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried [the people of] Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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- 2 Kings 17:3 Shalmaneser V succeeded his father Tiglath-pileser III as king in 727 b.c. He ruled five years and was succeeded by Sargon II in 722 b.c.
- 2 Kings 17:5 Samaria was well-fortified and very difficult to conquer. The siege, led by Shalmaneser V, began in 725 b.c.
- 2 Kings 17:6 Sargon II seized the Assyrian throne after the death of Shalmaneser V and was in power when Samaria was finally captured.
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