| − | The [[Fall of Samaria]] (723 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]]<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 628-32</ref>, or 722-1 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 281-284</ref><ref name=Pierce>[[Larry Pierce]], [http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v15/i1/chronology.asp Evidentialism–the Bible and Assyrian chronology] ''TJ'' 15(1):62–68 April 2001</ref><ref name=NewAdvent>Vailhé, S. "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13416a.htm Entry for Samaria]." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', vol. XIII. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved June 4, 2007.</ref>) took place in the ninth year of the reign of [[Hoshea]] and the sixth year of the reign of [[Hezekiah]]. It marked the end of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]]. | + | The '''Fall of Samaria''' (723 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 628-32</ref> or 722-1 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 281-284</ref><ref name=Pierce>[[Larry Pierce]], [http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v15/i1/chronology.asp Evidentialism–the Bible and Assyrian chronology] ''TJ'' 15(1):62–68 April 2001</ref><ref name=NewAdvent>Vailhé, S. "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13416a.htm Entry for Samaria]." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', vol. XIII. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved June 4, 2007.</ref>) took place in the ninth year of the reign of [[Hoshea]] and the sixth year of the reign of [[Hezekiah]]. It marked the end of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]]. |