Fall of Samaria

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The Fall of Samaria was the 722 BCE Assyrian conquest and destruction of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, leading to the exile and dispersion of its population.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
fall of Samaria 3
Fall of Samaria canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian conquest ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath integration of the territory into the Assyrian provincial system ⓘ
approximateYear c. 722 BCE ⓘ
attacker Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
capitalOfDefeatedState Samaria ⓘ
category 8th century BCE in the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Ancient Israel and Judah ⓘ
linked to: Israelite kingdoms

Military history of the Ancient Near East ⓘ
Sieges involving the Assyrian Empire ⓘ
cause Assyrian imperial expansion policy ⓘ
rebellion of the Kingdom of Israel against Assyria ⓘ
conflict Assyrian–Israelite conflict ⓘ
consequence Assyrian provincial reorganization of the region ⓘ
deportation of Israelites to Assyria ⓘ
formation of later Samaritan community context ⓘ
resettlement of foreign populations in Samaria ⓘ
country Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
date 722 BCE ⓘ
defeatedEntity Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
defender Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
historicalEra Ancient Near East ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age II
mentionedIn 2 Kings 17 ⓘ
Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Assyrian expansion ⓘ
history of ancient Israel ⓘ
history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
place Samaria ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religiousSignificance key event in biblical history ⓘ
result Assyrian control over Samaria ⓘ
destruction of Samaria ⓘ
dispersion of Israelite population ⓘ
end of the Kingdom of Israel as an independent state ⓘ
exile of Israelite population ⓘ
fall of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
significance marked the loss of political autonomy for the northern tribes of Israel ⓘ
victoriousEntity Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hoshea → event → Fall of Samaria ⓘ
Shalmaneser V → associatedWith → fall of Samaria ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Samaria
Annals of Sargon II → describesEvent → fall of Samaria ⓘ
subject linked to: annals of Sargon II
linked to: Fall of Samaria
Siege of Samaria → result → fall of Samaria ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Samaria