5. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
6. He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses.
7. The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.
8. He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress.
9. In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.
10. After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured.
11. The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.