Shalmaneser(A) king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.(B) But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt,(C) and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.(D) The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege(E) to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria(F) captured Samaria(G) and deported(H) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan(I) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

Israel Exiled Because of Sin

All this took place because the Israelites had sinned(J) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt(K) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:4 So is probably an abbreviation for Osorkon.

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