2 Kings 18:8-12

18:8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress.

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 up against Samaria 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 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 the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded.


sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:9.

tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).

map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.

tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

tn Heb “his covenant.”

tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”