Bible Topics for Kids
SAMARIA, 1. City of, built by Omri
2 Kings 17:5-6
5. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to SAMARIA, and besieged it three years.
6. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took SAMARIA, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:9-11
9. In the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against SAMARIA, and besieged it.
10. At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, SAMARIA was taken.
11. The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,