⁴ But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So^[a] king of Egypt,^(A) and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.^{(B) 5} The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege^(C) to it for three years. ⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria^(D) captured Samaria^(E) and deported^(F) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan^(G) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.