Sargon II, King of Assyria, Captures Samaria
In 720 BCE, Sargon II, King of Assyria that ruled from 722-705 BCE, captured Samaria, the region of the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel. He took many Israelites to Nimrud (Iraq) as slaves, while other Israelite refugees fled to Jerusalem.
He recorded this conquest in his annals on the Nimrud Prism, which reads:
“I besieged and conquered Samaria, led away as booty 27,290 inhabitants of it.”
The Bible confirms this account in 2 Kings 17:6:
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria.
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Nimrud Prism, Annals of Sargon II
“I besieged and conquered Samaria, led away as booty 27,290 inhabitants of it.”
In 720, Sargon II, King of Assyria (r. 722-705 BCE), led an attack on Samaria, the region of the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel. He took many Israelites to Nimrud (Iraq) as slaves, while other Israelites fled to Jerusalem.
In the Bible
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria.
"בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה..."
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