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
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, …
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and …
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: …
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall …
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king …
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of …
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall …
Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah: for I will …
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.