2 Kings 18:9 – 30
The Assyrian emperor took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners… Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them…
As promised as part of the covenant (Deuteronomy 28:36-37). Such formulas no longer apply; the “because” is much more elusive…
…In the third year of the siege Samaria fell; this was the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign and the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign.