2nd Kings 15:30  Then, in [~629BC,] the 20th year of [the reign of Uzziah's son, Judea's good king] JAHtham {JAH-Is-Perfect}, [a north Israeli rebel named] HOshea {Savior} son of Elah {Everlasting-Oak-Power} forms a conspiracy against RemaliYah's brat [king] Pekah {Watch}. HOshea strikes and kills Pekah. So [HOshea] reigns in Pekah's place.
| Hoshea (North Israel's Last King) Takes Reign | 2nd Kings 17:1  [Anarchy ravages northern Israel for 9 years, π. Then] in the 12th year of [the reign of] Judea's [evil] king Ahaz {Possessor}, HOshea {Savior} the son of Elah {Everlasting-Oak-Power} begins his [evil] 9-year reign in Samaria.
2nd Kings 17:2 [HOshea] wreaks ruin under YHVH's [watchful] eye. But he avoids [doing as much damage as] the kings of [north] Israel before him. | The Assyrian Empire Besieges North Israel | 2nd Kings 17:3  So Assyria's Emperor Shalmaneser marches [his armies ~700km southwest from Iraq] to attack [north Israel]. [King] HOshea {Savior} becomes [Shalmaneser's] vassal. [HOshea] gives [Shalmanezer annual] payoffs.
2nd Kings 17:4  But H Oshea sends [secret] messengers [~250 km south] to [form a conspiracy with Pharaoh] So (Egypt's king). Then [HOshea] stops bringing his yearly payoffs to the Emperor of Assyria. [But] the Emperor uncovers H Oshea's conspiracy. So [Shalmaneser] locks H Oshea up and shackles him in prison. | Assyrians Haul North Israel Into Captivity | 2nd Kings 17:6 In the 9th year of HOshea's [reign], the Assyrian Emperor captures Samaria [city]. The [Emperor] carries [north] Israel's [population] away [~700km northeast] into Assyria {Iraq}. He holds them in Halach [Calah], at Habor {Unity} (the river of Gozan {Stone-Quarry}), and in the cities of Media {Iran}.
| Good King HezekiYAH Reforms Judea | 2nd Kings 18:1  [Time passes, π.] During the 3rd year of [the reign of north] Israel's king HOshea {Savior} son of Elah {Everlasting-Oak-Power}, HezekiYah {Strength-From-YAH} (the son of Judea's king Ahaz {Possessor}) begins [his] reign.
| Emperor Sennacherib Captures Northern Israel | 2nd Kings 18:9  [Meanwhile,] in the 4th year of [the reign of Judea's] king HezekiYah {Strength-From-YAH}, that is, the 7th year of [the reign of north] Israel's king HOshea {Savior} (son of Elah {Everlasting-Oak-Power}), Emperor Shalmaneser [V] of Assyria [marches his armies southwest ~720km from Iraq to] conquer [north Israel's capitol city,] Samaria. He besieges it.
Shalmaneser = son of Tiglath-Pileser III. Shalmaneser died in the year he invaded Israel (722 BC). So it's possible that the subsequent population exchanges were done by his successor Sargon II.2nd Kings 18:10 At the end of 3 years, the Assyrians capture [Samaria]. That is, in the 6th year of HezekiYah's reign [over Judea] (the 9th year of H Oshea's [reign] over [north] Israel) [Assyria (~Iraq) takes] Samaria. 1st Chronicles 27:20 HOshea {Savior} (the son of AzaziYah {Strengthened-By-Yah}) [leads the tribe] descended from Ephraim {Double-Fruit}. Joel {YAH-is-El} (the son of PedaYah {Ransomed-By-YAH}) [leads] the half-tribe of Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting}. | | | | | |
That, π, [completes the list of] the names of the men Moses sends to spy out the [Promised] land. [Finally, before sending out the spies,] Moses renames Nun's son 