And you shall measure to yourselves the mountain from Mount [Hor] at the entering in to Hamath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of Zedad.

And Toi the king of Hemath heard that David had defeated all the armies of Hadadezer.

then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? And have I [not] taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?

Concerning Damascus: Hamath is brought to shame, and Arpad; for they have heard an evil report. They are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.

And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Cuthah, [and men] from Ava, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel. And they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.

As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms; howl, you idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.

For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I also do to Jerusalem and her idols.

And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it [for] three years.

For it came to pass that the children of Israel [had] transgressed against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and they feared other gods,

And he took it at the end of three years, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, (this [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, when Samaria was taken).

because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord their God, and transgressed His covenant, in all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and hearkened not [to them], nor did [them].