Books / 2 Kings / Chapter Ch. 17 / Verse V. 5 ← 2 Kings 17:4 2 Kings 17:5 2 Kings 17:6 → ✦ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. ✦ Study Helps Interpretation When the measure of sin is filled up, the Lord will forbear no longer. The inhabitants of Samaria must have endured great affliction. Glossary Samaria Place Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Samaria. Assyria Place Biblical region. Modern identification: Nineveh. ✦ 2 Kings Chapter 17 verses V. 1 V. 2 V. 3 V. 4 V. 5 V. 6 V. 7 V. 8 V. 9 V. 10 V. 11 V. 12 V. 13 V. 14 V. 15 V. 16 V. 17 V. 18 V. 19 V. 20 V. 21 V. 22 V. 23 V. 24 V. 25 V. 26 V. 27 V. 28 V. 29 V. 30 V. 31 V. 32 V. 33 V. 34 V. 35 V. 36 V. 37 V. 38 V. 39 V. 40 V. 41