2 Kings 17:6-7

The Fall of Samaria

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

Why Israel Fell

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7} This disaster happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt^(D) and because they had worshiped^(a) other gods.^(E)

Footnotes:

a. 2 Kings 17:7: Lit feared

Cross references:

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

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

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

D. 2 Kings 17:7: Joshua 24:5-7

E. 2 Kings 17:7: Judges 6:10