Holy Scripture

2 Kings 17:4

A church father on this verse
“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…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily 31 on John

Source: Septuagint

Original

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.

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2And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians; and Hoshea became his servant, and rendered him tribute.

— 2 Kings 17:4 —

5And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Halah, and in Habor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes.

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