5. He trusted in Yahweh the God of Israel; there was no one like him, before or after, among all the kings of Judah.
6. He held on to Yahweh; he did not depart from following him, and he kept his commands that Yahweh had commanded Moses.
7. Yahweh was with him; everywhere he went, he succeeded. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
8. He attacked the Philistines up to Gaza and its territory from the watchtower up to the fortified city.
9. It happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that is, the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came against Samaria and laid siege against her.
10. At the end of three years, he captured it in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel; Samaria was captured.
11. Then the king of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Habor, in the river regions of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
12. because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh their God, and they transgressed his covenant; all that he had commanded Moses, the servant of Yahweh, they did not listen to nor did they obey.