Home · When · Israel and Judah · Samaria falls; Israel is carried into Assyria Exile · Israel and Judah c. 721 BC
Samaria falls; Israel is carried into Assyria Range across sources: 723–721 BC
True span 4004 BC – AD 100
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How we know the date ISBE treats Samaria's fall as one of the fixed dates of Old Testament chronology, from the Assyrian records; Easton's, writing earlier, gives 723. ISBE's Old Testament chronology (1915) gives 721 BC; Easton's (1897), under “Samaria” gives 723 BC. The sources differ by 2 years; the year shown (721 BC) is the one this timeline follows through this stretch, from ISBE (1915).
Written in-house from the sources below · every year is a quotation
The sources, word for word “Such accepted dates are: the completion of the Second Temple in 516, the fall of Jerusalem in 586, the fall of Samaria in 721, tribute to Shalmaneser II from Jehu in 842, and from a member of Omri's dynasty in 854.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT · gives 721 BC “He laid siege to Samaria (B.C. 723), which held out for three years, and was at length captured by Sargon, who completed the conquest Shalmaneser had begun (2 Kings 18:9-12; 17:3), and removed vast numbers of the tribes into captivity.”
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · SAMARIA · gives 723 BC Sources