Shalmaneser V
Shalmaneser V died suddenly in 722 BC, while laying siege to Samaria, and the throne was seized by Sargon II, the "Turtanu" (commander-in-chief of the army, which the Jewish sources record as "Tartan"), who then quickly took Samaria, effectively ending the northern Kingdom of Israel and carrying 27,000 people away into captivity into the Israelite diaspora.