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Following years of rebellion and alliance with Egypt, King Hoshea is captured, Samaria falls after a three-year siege, and the ten northern tribes of Israel are deported by Assyria to Halah, Habor, and Media.
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King Hoshea is arrested, and the Assyrian army besieges Samaria for three years until its collapse.
The deported northern Israelites are marched northward through Syria.
Deported Israelites are settled along the banks of the Khabur River in northern Mesopotamia.
Exiles are placed in upper Mesopotamian districts under Assyrian administration.
Dispersed captive clans are settled in the distant highland cities of the Medes.