2 Kings 17:5-6

5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:5-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 17

This chapter relates the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel, and how it came about, 2Ki 17:1-6, the cause of it, their idolatry, which they persisted in, notwithstanding the remonstrances made against it, 2Ki 17:7-23, in whose stead were placed people from different parts, who exercised a mixed religion, partly Heathenish, and partly Israelitish, 2Ki 17:24.

Cross References

• 1. Hosea 13:16
• 2. ver 20; S 2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 42:24
• 3. Isaiah 10:9; Hosea 13:16
• 4. S Deuteronomy 4:27; S Deuteronomy 24:1; S 2 Kings 15:29; Amos 7:17; Deuteronomy 28:36,64; 2 Kings 18:10-11
• 5. 1 Chronicles 5:26