THE FALL OF SAMARIA

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea,z the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deportedaa the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes.ab

WHY ISRAEL FELL

7 This disaster happened because the people of Israel sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egyptac and because they worshipedF other gods.ad