2 Kings 17:5-6

New Catholic Bible

⁵^[a]The king of Assyria occupied the entire land, and he went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.

⁶The king of Assyria captured Samaria in the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea. He carried Israel away into Assyria, settling them in Halah, near Habor, on the River Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.

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Footnotes

2 Kings 17:5 The capital falls (721 B.C.) after a three-year siege. The northern kingdom now vanishes, and a page of Israel’s history is turned, with no hope of going back. The simple record of the event in verses 5-6 is followed by a spiritual comment, the result of long meditation, which recalls countless pages of the prophetic literature. Another account of the tragic events in the north is given in 2 Ki 18:9-12.

2 Kings 17:5-6

King James Version

⁵Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

⁶In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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2 Kings 17:5-6

New International Version

⁵The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege^(A) to it for three years. ⁶In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria^(B) captured Samaria^(C) and deported^(D) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan^(E) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.