18:9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched 7 up against Samaria 8 and besieged it. 18:10 After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured. 18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel 9 to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. 18:12 This happened because they did not obey 10 the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. 11 They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. 12
1 tn Heb “went up against.”
2 tn Heb “and the king of Assyria found in Hoshea conspiracy.”
3 sn For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196.
4 tn Heb “and bound him in the house of confinement.”
5 tn Heb “went up against.”
6 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.
7 tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).
8 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
9 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.
10 tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”
11 tn Heb “his covenant.”
12 tn Heb “all that Moses, the