ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Kgs 17:5
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2 Kgs 17:5

17:5 for three years he besieged it. The Assyrian campaign followed the arrest of Hoshea in 724/23 b.c. During this long siege, Shalmaneser V died and was succeeded by Sargon II (Is. 20:1), who exiled the inhabitants of Samaria (v. 6).