The Fall of Samaria

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, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes.^(C)

¹¹ for Amos has said this: “Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.” ’^(A)

¹⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: