3779963 The fall of Samaria - Bible by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); (add.info.: The fall of Samaria - Israel defeated by the Assyrians, led by Sargon II (c.722 - 721 BCE).this was the final battle in the defeat of the of the Kingdom of Israel. 2 Kings 17 : 6. \'In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.\' Illustration by William Hole 1846 - 1917 Old Testament History by William Hole, 1925 Eyre & Spottiswoode, London); Lebrecht History.