In this daily Bible reading is the account of Assyria overrunning Israel whose King was Hosea. In the ninth year of King Hosea (722 BC) Assyria conquered Israel and removed the people.
The King of Assyria then took captives from other lands and settled them in the land of Israel, in Samaria. These people became the Samaritans, and there is a population of Samaritans in Israel today.
The King of Assyria also placed one of…
