Israel Carried Captive to Assyria(A)

Now (B)the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. (C)In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and (D)carried Israel away to Assyria, (E)and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

For (F)so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had (G)feared other gods,

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The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege(A) to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria(B) captured Samaria(C) and deported(D) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan(E) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

Israel Exiled Because of Sin

All this took place because the Israelites had sinned(F) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt(G) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods

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