and they took it. At the end of three years they captured it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of King Hoshea of Israel, Samaria was captured — Samaria's three-year siege (722 BCE) culminates in its capture in Hezekiah's sixth year. The detailed synchronization anchors Israel's fall precisely. From this point forward, only Judah remains of the Hebrew kingdoms. The capture of Samaria represents the fulfillment of decades-long Assyrian expansion and the completion of Israel's dissolution.

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