3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute . 4 But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea , who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria , as he had done year by year ; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison e . 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged e it three years . 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea , the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria , and settled them in Halah and Habor , on the river of Gozan , and in the cities of the Medes .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 17:3-6
Commentary on 2 Kings 17:1-6
(Read 2 Kings 17:1-6)
When the measure of sin is filled up, the Lord will forbear no longer. The inhabitants of Samaria must have endured great affliction. Some of the poor Israelites were left in the land. Those who were carried captives to a great distance, were mostly lost among the nations.