2 Kings 17:3
“And it may be worth while to relate from what sources the Samaritans were made up; since all this country is called Samaria. Whence then did they receive their name? The mountain was called "Somor" from its owner, as also Esaias saith, "and the head of Ephraim is Somoron;" but the inhabitants were termed not "Samarita…”
Source: Septuagint
3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians; and Hoshea became his servant, and rendered him tribute.
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1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
— 2 Kings 17:3 —
4And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Hoshea, in that he sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison house.
5And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.