At the endof threeyearsthey capturedit; in the sixthyearof Hezekiah,whichwas the ninthyearof Hosheakingof Israel,Samariawas captured.
In the ninthyearof Hoshea,the kingof AssyriacapturedSamariaand carriedIsraelawayinto exileto Assyria,and settledthem in Halahand Habor,[on] the riverof Gozan,and in the citiesof the Medes.
"Is not Calnolike Carchemish,OrHamathlike Arpad,OrSamarialike Damascus?
Samariawill be heldguilty,For she has rebelledagainst her God.They will fallby the sword,Their littleoneswill be dashedin pieces,And their pregnantwomenwill be rippedopen.
Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,"An enemy,even onesurroundingthe land,Will pulldownyour strengthfrom you And your citadelswill be looted."
Therefore,they will nowgointo exileat the headof the exiles,And the sprawlers'banquetingwill passaway.
"The statutesof OmriAnd allthe worksof the houseof Ahabare observed;And in their devicesyou walk.ThereforeI will giveyou up for destructionAnd your inhabitantsfor derision,And you will bearthe reproachof My people."
And the earthwill becomedesolatebecauseof her inhabitants,On accountof the fruitof their deeds.
Jairthe sonof Manassehwentand tookits towns,and calledthem Havvoth-jair.
