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. ¹ 

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 ²  up against Samaria ³  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 ⁴  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 ⁵  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ⁶  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ⁷ 

[18:8]  ¹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:9.

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).

[18:9]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[18:11]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.

[18:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[18:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “his covenant.”

[18:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”