2Ki 17:6, 24 | ESV | STEP | In the ninth year of Hoshea , the king of Assyria captured Samaria , and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah , and on the Habor , the river of Gozan , and in the cities of the Medes .

2 Kings 17:6

The Fall of Israel

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria ^acaptured Samaria, ^band he carried the Israelites away to Assyria ^cand placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of ^dGozan, and in the cities of ^ethe Medes.

2 Kings 17:24

Assyria Resettles Samaria

24 ^fAnd the king of Assyria brought people from ^gBabylon, Cuthah, ^hAvva, ⁱHamath, and ^jSepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.