2 Kings 17:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in a conspiracy. He had sent messengers to So^[a] king of Egypt, and he did not send tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done in previous years. That is why the king of Assyria arrested him and confined him in prison.

⁵ Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land. He went up against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. ⁶ In Hoshea’s ninth year, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He made them live in Halah and along the Habur River, which is the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.^[b]