Siege of Samaria

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The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian military campaign ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
associatedWith “Ten Lost Tribes” of Israel ⓘ
capitalOf Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
cause rebellion of the Kingdom of Israel against Assyrian rule ⓘ
combatant Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria
commander Sargon II ⓘ
Shalmaneser V ⓘ
conflict Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria
date 722 BCE ⓘ
era Iron Age II ⓘ
followedBy Assyrian resettlement policies in former Israelite territories ⓘ
formation of Assyrian provinces in the former Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
geographicalContext central highlands of ancient Palestine ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Akkadian ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
linkedTo Assyrian policy of mass deportations ⓘ
expansion of Assyrian provincial administration in the west ⓘ
locatedIn Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
mentionedIn 2 Kings 17 ⓘ
linked to: Book of 2 Kings

Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Assyrian expansion in the Levant ⓘ
politicalConsequence dissolution of the northern Israelite monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Assyrian campaigns in the Levant under Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
region ancient Near East ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Near East
religiousConsequence major event in biblical prophetic interpretation ⓘ
result Assyrian annexation of the territory of the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Assyrian victory ⓘ
deportation of large parts of the Israelite population ⓘ
end of the northern Kingdom of Israel as an independent state ⓘ
fall of Samaria ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Samaria
significance decisive event in the history of ancient Israel ⓘ
key step in Assyrian domination of the Levant ⓘ
timePeriod 8th century BCE ⓘ
typeOfEvent siege warfare ⓘ

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Hoshea → causeOfDownfall → Assyrian siege of Samaria ⓘ
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Shalmaneser V → notableFor → siege of Samaria ⓘ
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Shalmaneser V → notableEvent → siege of Samaria (c. 725–722 BCE) ⓘ
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Jehoram of Israel → notableEvent → Siege of Samaria by Arameans ⓘ
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Ululayu → notableFor → siege of Samaria ⓘ
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Ululayu → conflict → Siege of Samaria ⓘ
Ululayu → notableEvent → fall of Samaria ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Samaria
Wars with Aram-Damascus → hasBattle → Siege of Samaria ⓘ