- Samaria:
- "For¹ the headª of Syriaª [is] Damascus,ª and the headª of Damascusª [is] Rezin;ª and within¹ threescoreª and fiveª yearsª shall Ephraimª be broken,²°¹ that it be not a people.ª¹" {Isa 7:8} + "The fortressª also shall ceaseª° from Ephraim,ª¹ and the kingdomª from Damascus,ª¹ and the remnantª of Syria:ª they shall be¹ as the gloryª of the childrenª of Israel,ª saithª° the LORDª of hosts.ª" {Isa 17:3} + "And the kingª of Assyriaª hearkenedª° unto¹ him: for the kingª of Assyriaª went upª° against¹ Damascus,ª and tookª° it, and carried [the people of] it captiveª° to Kir,ª and slewª° Rezin.ª" {2Kg 16:9} + "Then the kingª of Assyriaª came upª° throughout all¹ the land,ª and went upª° to Samaria,ª and besiegedª°¹ it threeª years.ª ... In the ninthª yearª of Hosheaª the kingª of Assyriaª tookª°¹ Samaria,ª and carried²° Israel² awayª°¹¹ into Assyria,ª and placedª° them in Halahª and in Haborª [by] the riverª of Gozan,ª and in the citiesª of the Medes.ª" {2Kg 17:5-6} + "And it came to pass¹ in the fourthª yearª of kingª Hezekiah,ª which¹ [was] the seventhª yearª of Hosheaª sonª of Elahª kingª of Israel,ª [that] Shalmaneserª kingª of Assyriaª came upª° against¹ Samaria,ª and besiegedª°¹ it. ... And at the endª¹ of threeª yearsª they tookª° it: [even] in the sixthª yearª of Hezekiah,ª that¹ [is] the ninthª yearª of Hosheaª kingª of Israel,ª Samariaª was taken.ª°" {2Kg 18:9-10}
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