In the year 740 B.C.E., Assyria conquered Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, and took its people into exile.
Hi lembe ra 740 B.C.E., tiko ra Asiriya ri hlule tiko ra Samariya, ku nga ntsindza wa mfumo wa le n'walungwini wa Israyele, ivi ri teka Vasamariya ri va yisa evuhlongeni.