Bible Explorer · Event · 722 BC
Shalmaneser V and Sargon II take the hill citadel of Samaria after a three-year siege, dethroning Hoshea, terminating the northern kingdom of Israel, and carrying the ten tribes into Assyrian exile to Halah and the river Habor.
Date: 722 BC · Note: Catastrophic historical judgment bringing an end to the northern monarchy of Israel.
2 Kings 17:1-23