Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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In 722 BC, nearly twenty years after the initial deportations, the ruling city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Samaria, was finally taken by Sargon II after a three-year siege started by Shalmaneser V.
The Egyptians attempted to gain a foothold in the Near East (then controlled by the Assyrian Empire) by entering the region and stirring up Assyria's vassal Israelite, Judaean, Philistine, Canaanite and Samaritan subjects against Assyria, but were defeated and driven out by Shalmaneser V.
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According to the Bible, King of Israel Hoshea was captured in the 9th year of his reign after conspiring against Shalmaneser V by sending messages to Piye, king of Egypt.
Shalmaneser III | Shalmaneser | Shalmaneser IV | Shalmaneser V | Shalmaneser II | Shalmaneser I | Shalmaneser V from ''Guillaume Rouillé |