2 Kings 17:5-6

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5} Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.^(A)

The Fall of Samaria

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6} In the ninth year of Hoshea,^(B) the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported^(C) the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes.^(D)

Cross references:

A. 2 Kings 17:5: 2 Kings 18:9-10; Hosea 13:16

B. 2 Kings 17:6: Hosea 1:4; Hosea 13:16

C. 2 Kings 17:6: Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 29:27-28

D. 2 Kings 17:6: 1 Chronicles 5:26