2 Kings 17:4-6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴ But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea’s conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt^(A) and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years.^[a] Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison. ⁵ Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.^(B)

The Fall of Samaria

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea,^(C) the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported^(D) the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes.^(E)