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  1. Hoshea is not to blame.<\/em> He was actually not too bad, relatively speaking: \u201cHe did what was displeasing to the LORD, though not as much as the kings of Israel who preceded him\u201d (2). Who was to blame? Everybody before him, in a sort of cumulative way – both the responsibility, and the punishment.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Respect<\/em>. They held on for three years against the Assyrian siege – without a king.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. A historic moment.<\/em> Samaria was destroyed in the year 721 BCE, after the Assyrian siege of two and a half years. Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, began the siege but died after only a few months. His successor Sargon finished the work of conquering Samaria and exiling its inhabitants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Addiction<\/em>. That\u2019s how the depth of the sin is described in verse 17: \u201cThey consigned their sons and daughters to the fire; they practiced augury and divination, and gave themselves over [<\/span>vayitmakru, <\/span><\/i>mod Heb, addiction] to what was displeasing to the LORD and vexed Him.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The Samaritans<\/em>. There is still a Samaritan community in Samaria (and in Holon). They find the story that\u2019s told in this chapter insulting. Their own narrative is different. According to them, they are the original Israelites, who never went anywhere, who stayed and loyally preserved the Torah, and the holy place (Mt. 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