<P> In 722 BCE , nearly ten to twenty years after the initial deportations , the ruling city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel , Samaria , was finally taken by Sargon II after a three - year siege started by Shalmaneser V . </P>
<P> In 722 BCE , nearly ten to twenty years after the initial deportations , the ruling city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel , Samaria , was finally taken by Sargon II after a three - year siege started by Shalmaneser V . </P>
in what bce year did the assyrian empire destroy the northern kingdom of israel
in what bce year did the assyrian empire destroy the northern kingdom of israel
722 BCE
722 BCE