2 Kings 17:6-7

New International Version

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria^(A) captured Samaria^(B) and deported^(C) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan^(D) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

Israel Exiled Because of Sin

⁷ All this took place because the Israelites had sinned^(E) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt^(F) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods