jan 1, 722 BC - Sargon Destroys Samaria Northern Kingdom taken captive
Description:
2 Kings 17The Great Summary Inscription:
I besieged and conquered Samaria
I took as booty 27,290 people who lived there.
I gathered 50 chariots from them,
Ans I taught the rest (of the deportees) their skills.
I set my governor over them, and
I imposed upon them the (same) tribute as the previous king (Salmaneser).
2 Kings 18:9-10: Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. And at the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
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Date:
jan 1, 722 BC
Now
~ 2749 years ago