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2 Kings 17:6

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In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

In the ninth {H8671} year {H8141} of Hoshea {H1954} the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804} took {H3920} Samaria {H8111}, and carried {H1540} Israel {H3478} away {H1540} into Assyria {H804}, and placed {H3427} them in Halah {H2477} and in Habor {H2249} by the river {H5104} of Gozan {H1470}, and in the cities {H5892} of the Medes {H4074}.

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Ashur captured Shomron. He carried Isra'el away captive to Ashur, resettling them in Halach, in Havor on the Gozan River and in the cities of the Medes.

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26 (5 votes)

    And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

  • Deuteronomy 28:64 (5 votes)

    And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.

  • Hosea 13:16 (5 votes)

    Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

  • Isaiah 21:2 (4 votes)

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  • Amos 5:27 (4 votes)

    Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name [is] The God of hosts.

  • Deuteronomy 28:36 (4 votes)

    The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

  • Deuteronomy 29:27 (4 votes)

    And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: