They conquered the 10 tribes in Israel and arranged an exchange ofthe ruling classes, sending the Jewish ones to rule people inAssyria, and bringing in from there a new ruling class. The ideawas that the new upper class would not be sympathetic to thepeople, keep them under control and not foment uprisings. TheBabylonians later adopted a similar approach.when they later tookover the other two tribes of Judah and Benjamin.