2Ki 15:19, 29, 17:3-6, 18:9-11, Isa 7:17-25, 8:7-8, 10:5-6, 9-11, Amo 6:14 | ESV | STEP | Pul the king of Assyria came against the land , and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver , that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power .

19 ^aPul ^{▼▼Another name for Tiglath-pileser III (compare verse 29)} the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave ^cPul a thousand talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of silver, that he might help him ^eto confirm his hold on the royal power.

2 Kings 15:29

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ^fTiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured ^gIjon, ^hAbel-beth-maacah, Janoah, ⁱKedesh, ^jHazor, Gilead, and ^kGalilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

2 Kings 17:3-6

3 ^lAgainst him came up ^mShalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.

The Fall of Israel

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria ⁿcaptured Samaria, ^oand he carried the Israelites away to Assyria ^pand placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of ^qGozan, and in the cities of ^rthe Medes.

2 Kings 18:9-11

9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, ^sShalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it, 10 and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in ^tHalah, and on the ^uHabor, ^vthe river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

Isaiah 7:17-25

17 ^wThe Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that ^xEphraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

18 In that day the Lord will ^ywhistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and ^zin the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures. ^{▼▼Or watering holes, or brambles}

20 In that day ^abthe Lord will ^acshave with a razor that is ^adhired beyond ^aethe River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

21 ^afIn that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat ^agcurds and honey.

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, will become ^aibriers and thorns. 24 ^ajWith bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 ^akAnd as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear ^alof briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

Isaiah 8:7-8

7 therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them ^amthe waters of ^anthe River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it ^aowill rise over all its channels and go over all its banks, 8 and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, ^apreaching even to the neck, and its ^aqoutspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, ^arO Immanuel.”

Isaiah 10:5-6

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, ^asthe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a ^atgodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^auspoil and seize plunder,
and to ^avtread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 10:9-11

9 ^awIs not ^axCalno like ^ayCarchemish?
Is not ^azHamath like ^baArpad?
^bbIs not ^bcSamaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to ^bdthe kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and ^beher idols
^bfas I have done to Samaria and her images?”

Amos 6:14

14 “For behold, ^bgI will raise up against you a nation,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from ^bhLebo-hamath
to the Brook of ^bithe Arabah.”