2 Kings 17:6
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.
Study Note
Study Note
The fall of Samaria to Assyria in 722 BCE — when Shalmaneser V (and possibly his successor Sargon II) deported the northern tribes to 'Halah and Habor by the river of Gozan' — marks the permanent end of the northern kingdom of Israel. Second Kings 17:7–41 provides the Deuteronomistic historian's extended theological explanation: the exile is the direct consequence of Israel's persistent idolatry and covenant violation, beginning with Jeroboam's golden calves. The deportation policy was standard Assyrian practice to prevent regional revolts by mixing conquered populations; it resulted in the 'ten lost tribes' traditions of later Jewish and Christian speculation. The verse is historically significant as one of the most precisely datable events in the Hebrew Bible, cross-referenced with Assyrian royal annals.
Other Translations
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.
in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, <FI>by<Fi> the river Gozan, and <FI>in<Fi> the cities of the Medes.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.
Cross References
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