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3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and did not bring up tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had been doing year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up against the whole land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, the cities of Media. 2 Kings 17:3-6, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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