2 Kings 17:6 meaning and explanation
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 17:6, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse records the fall of Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, in the ninth year of King Hoshea. The Assyrian king, Shalmaneser V, besieged the city for three years, and his successor Sargon II is often associated with its final capture.
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