2 Kings 18:9
“And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.”
And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.”
“And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.”
“Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.”
“And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.”
“Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.”