2Ki 17:3, 5-6, 23 | ESV | STEP | Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria . And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute .

2 Kings 17:3

3 ^aAgainst him came up ^bShalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

2 Kings 17:5-6

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 ^ccaptured Samaria, ^dand he carried the Israelites away to Assyria ^eand placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of ^fGozan, and in the cities of ^gthe Medes.

2 Kings 17:23

23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, ^has he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. ⁱSo Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.