2 Kings 17:1-6 ▼

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah has reigned over Israel in Samaria, nine years,

2 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

3 Shalmaneser king of Asshur came up against him, and Hoshea is a servant to him, and renders a present to him.

4 And the king of Asshur finds in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he has sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and has not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restrains him, and binds him in a house of restraint.

5 And the king of Asshur goes up into all the land, and he goes up to Samaria, and lays siege against it [for] three years;

6 in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Asshur has captured Samaria, and removes Israel to Asshur, and causes them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.