Tiglath-Pileser III na Assuriya ya mamaye Isra'ila a kusan 732 KZ.^[60] Masarautar Isra'ila ta fada hannun Assuriyawa bayan wani dogon zango da suka yi wa babban birnin Samariya a wajen shekara ta 720 KZ.^[61] Bayanan Sargon II na Assuriya sun nuna cewa ya kama Samariya kuma ya kori mazaunan 27,290 zuwa Mesofotamiya .^{[62 <]} > Wataƙila Shalmaneser ya ci birnin tun lokacin da tarihin Babila da Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci suka ɗauki faɗuwar Isra'ila a matsayin abin da ya sa hannu a mulkinsa.^[63] Zaman zaman talala na Assuriya (ko gudun hijira na Assuriya) shine lokacin da ke cikin tarihin Isra'ila da Yahuda ta d ¯ a lokacin da daular Neo-Assyrian ta tilastawa Isra'ilawa dubu da yawa daga Masarautar Isra'ila.Korar Assuriyawa sun zama tushen ra'ayin Yahudawa na ƙabilu Goma da suka ɓace.Ƙungiyoyin ƙasashen waje Assuriyawa sun zauna a cikin yankunan daular da ta rushe.^{[64 <>]} Samariyawa suna da’awar cewa su zuriyar Isra’ilawa ne na Samariya ta dā waɗanda ba Assuriyawa suka kore su ba.An yi imani cewa 'yan gudun hijira daga halakar Isra'ila sun ƙaura zuwa Yahuda, suna faɗaɗa Urushalima da yawa kuma suka kai ga gina Ramin Siloam a lokacin mulkin Sarki Hezekiya (ya yi sarauta 715-686 KZ).^[65] Ramin zai iya ba da ruwa a lokacin da aka kewaye shi kuma an kwatanta gininsa a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki.^{[66 [66]]} Rubutun Siloam, wani allo da aka rubuta da Ibrananci wanda ƙungiyar gine-gine suka bari, an gano shi a cikin rami a cikin 1880s, kuma a yau yana riƙe da Gidan Tarihi na Archaeology na Istanbul.^[67]A lokacin sarautar Hezekiya, Sennacherib ɗan Sargon ya yi ƙoƙari ya kama Yahuda amma ya kasa.Bayanan Assuriyawa sun ce Sennakerib ya lalata birane 46 masu garu kuma ya kewaye Urushalima, ya bar shi bayan ya karɓi haraji mai yawa.^[68] Sennakerib ya gina kayan agaji na Lakish a Nineba don tunawa da nasara ta biyu a Lakish.An yarda da rubuce-rubucen “annabawa” guda huɗu daga wannan lokacin: Yusha’u da Amos a Isra’ila da Mikah da Ishaya na Yahuda.Waɗannan mutanen galibi ’yan sukar al’umma ne waɗanda suka yi gargaɗi game da barazanar Assuriya kuma suka zama masu magana da yawun addini.Sun kasance da ’yancin yin magana kuma wataƙila sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a zamantakewa da siyasa a Isra’ila da Yahuda.^{[69 <>]} Sun bukaci masu mulki da sauran jama'a da su bi ƙa'idodin ɗabi'a na Allah, suna ganin mamayewar Assuriyawa a matsayin horon Allah na gama gari sakamakon gazawar ɗabi'a.^[70]A ƙarƙashin Sarki Josiah (mai sarauta daga 641-619 KZ), an sake gano Littafin Kubawar Shari’a ko kuma an rubuta shi.Littafin Joshuwa da tarihin sarautar Dauda da Sulemanu a cikin littafin Sarakuna an yi imani da marubuci iri ɗaya ne.An san littattafan da Deuteronomist kuma ana ɗaukar su a matsayin babban mataki na bayyanar tauhidi a Yahuda.Sun fito ne a lokacin da Assuriya ta raunana sabili da bullowar Babila kuma maiyuwa ne yin aiki da rubutu na al'adun magana da aka riga aka rubuta.^[71]