3 And Salmanasar king of Assyria came vp against him, and Hosea became his seruaunt, and gaue him presentes.

4 And the king of Assyria founde treason in Hosea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present vnto the king of Assyria from yere to yere: and therefore the king of Assyria shut him vp, and bounde him in the pryson house.

5 And then the king of Assyria came vp throughout all the lande, and gat vp against Samaria, and besieged it three yeres.

6 In the ninth yere of Hosea, the king of Assyria toke Samaria, and carryed Israel away vnto Assyria, & put them in Hala & in Habor by the ryuer of Goza and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:3-6, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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