9 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 came up against Samaria and besieged e it. 10 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 . 11 Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile to Assyria , and put them in Halah and on the Habor , the river of Gozan , and in the cities of the Medes , 12 because e they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God , but transgressed His covenant , even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded ; they would neither listen nor do it.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 18:9-12
Commentary on 2 Kings 18:9-16
(Read 2 Kings 18:9-16)
The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and lukewarmness of numbers, require correction; such trials purify the faith and hope of the upright, and bring them to simple dependence on God.