2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 Kings 17:6 the king of Assyria captured Samaria. Samaria fell after a three-year siege. Shalmaneser is identified as the conqueror, c. 722 B.C. (see also 2 Kings 18:9). This agrees with the Babylonian Chronicle, but Shalmaneser’s successor Sargon II (722–705 B.C.) claims this honor for himself in his inscriptions. The places of exile mentioned in this verse are scattered widely over the Assyrian Empire.

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