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He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes. <a href="/nlt/2_kings/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> Finally, in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign, Samaria fell, and the people of Israel were exiled to Assyria. They were settled in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/esv/2_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and led the people of Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and took Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/amp/2_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried [the people of] Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/csb/2_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan&#8217s river, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/asv/2_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> before capturing it in the ninth year of Hoshea's rule. The Assyrian king took the Israelites away to Assyria as prisoners. He forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the Habor River in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived. <a href="/erv/2_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In Hoshea's ninth year as king of Israel, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and took the Israelites to Assyria as captives. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> which was the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the Assyrian emperor captured Samaria, took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners, and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan and some in the cities of Media. <a href="/isv/2_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> As a result, during the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and took the Israelis off to Assyria, placing them in Halah, along the Habor River in Gozan, and in cities ruled by the Medes. <a href="/msb/2_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea's reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Asshur has captured Samaria, and removes Israel to Asshur, and causes them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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, by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/slt/2_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In the ninth year to Hoshea the king of Assur took Shomeron, and he will carry Israel into exile to Assur, and set them in Halah and in Habor, the river of Gozan, and the cities of the Medes.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria: and he placed them in Hala and Habor by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a> In Hoshea’s ninth year, the king of Assyria took Samaria, deported the Israelites to Assyria, and settled them in Halah, and at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria; he carried the Israelites away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, the cities of Media. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And in the ninth year of Hosha, the King of Assyria subdued Samaria, and he led captive the children of Israel to Assyria and settled them in Khalakh and at Khabar the River of Gawzan, cities of Media.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/sep/2_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/17-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=5730" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry</a> 5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6<a href="/hebrew/8671.htm" title="8671: hat·tə·šî·‘îṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Ninth (an ord. number). Ord. From tesha'; ninth.">In the ninth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: biš·naṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/1954.htm" title="1954: lə·hō·wō·šê·a‘ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Salvation, the name of several Isr. From yasha'; deliverer; Hoshea, the name of five Israelites.">of Hoshea,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: lā·ḵaḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">captured</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: way·ye·ḡel (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">and carried away</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šū·rāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">to Assyria,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yō·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">where he settled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2477.htm" title="2477: baḥ·laḥ (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- An area under Assyr. control. Probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria.">in Halah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1470.htm" title="1470: gō·w·zān (N-proper-fs) -- A city and area in Mesopotamia. Probably from guwz; a quarry; Gozan, a province of Assyria.">in Gozan</a> <a href="/hebrew/2249.htm" title="2249: ū·ḇə·ḥā·ḇō·wr (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A river of Assyr. From chabar; united; Chabor, a river of Assyria.">by the Habor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5104.htm" title="5104: nə·har (N-msc) -- A stream, river. From nahar; a stream; figuratively, prosperity.">River,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: wə·‘ā·rê (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">and in the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/4074.htm" title="4074: mā·ḏāy (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land. Of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia.">of the Medes.</a> 7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9-12</a> In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. / And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. / The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">1 Chronicles 5:26</a> So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day. <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. <a href="/amos/5-27.htm">Amos 5:27</a> Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts. <a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a> For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people. <a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a> They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. <a href="/hosea/11-5.htm">Hosea 11:5</a> Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? <a href="/deuteronomy/28-36.htm">Deuteronomy 28:36</a> The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a> Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. <a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Jeremiah 7:15</a> And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim. <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1-4</a> Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go! / If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ / I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. ... <a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31</a> Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15-16</a> So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ... <a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Acts 7:43</a> You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.A.<a href="/2_kings/18-10.htm">2 Kings 18:10,11</a> And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken… <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6,9</a> And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away… <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> 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.foretold <a href="/leviticus/26-32.htm">Leviticus 26:32,33,38</a> And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it… <a href="/deuteronomy/4-25.htm">Deuteronomy 4:25-28</a> When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: … <a href="/deuteronomy/28-36.htm">Deuteronomy 28:36,64</a> 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… Halah<a href="/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?<a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">1 Chronicles 5:26</a> 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.<a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Isaiah 37:12,13</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? … the Medes<a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17</a> Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.<a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2</a> 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.<a href="/daniel/5-28.htm">Daniel 5:28</a> PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-9.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-9.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-25.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-9.htm">Deported</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-6.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-9.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Gozan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">Habor</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Halah</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-4.htm">Hoshea</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">Hoshe'a</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/acts/2-9.htm">Medes</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm">Ninth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-13.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-5.htm">Placing</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-9.htm">Removeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-33.htm">River</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-11.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-39.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-10.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-9.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Deported</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-27.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Gozan</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Habor</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Halah</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-1.htm">Hoshea</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-1.htm">Hoshe'a</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Medes</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-10.htm">Ninth</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Placing</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Removeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">River</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 17</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">Hoshea the Last King of Israel</a> 3. <a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt</a> 5. <a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Samaria for sinning is led into captivity</a> 24. <a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>In the ninth year of Hoshea This phrase marks a significant point in Israel's history, the culmination of a period of disobedience and rebellion against God. Hoshea was the last king of Israel, and his reign ended with the fall of Samaria. The number nine in biblical numerology often symbolizes judgment or finality, which is fitting as this year marked the end of the Northern Kingdom. Historically, Hoshea's reign was characterized by political instability and idolatry, which ultimately led to God's judgment.the king of Assyria The Assyrian Empire was a dominant force in the ancient Near East, known for its military prowess and expansionist policies. The king referred to here is Shalmaneser V, who continued the aggressive policies of his predecessors. Assyria's role in the biblical narrative is often as an instrument of God's judgment against Israel for their unfaithfulness. The Assyrians were known for their brutal tactics, which included deporting conquered peoples to prevent rebellion.captured Samaria Samaria was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Its capture in 722 BC marked the end of the kingdom. The fall of Samaria was a direct consequence of Israel's persistent idolatry and failure to heed the warnings of the prophets. Archaeological evidence supports the biblical account, showing the destruction layers in Samaria that align with this period. Theologically, this event serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.and deported the Israelites to Assyria The deportation was a common Assyrian practice designed to break the spirit of conquered peoples and assimilate them into the empire. This forced relocation fulfilled the prophetic warnings given by prophets like Amos and Hosea. It was a physical manifestation of the spiritual exile that had already occurred due to Israel's sin. Theologically, it underscores the theme of exile and return that runs throughout Scripture, pointing ultimately to the need for a Savior to bring true restoration.He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes These locations were far from Israel, in the heart of the Assyrian Empire. Halah and Gozan were regions in northern Mesopotamia, while the cities of the Medes were even further east. This dispersion fulfilled God's warnings about scattering His people among the nations. Historically, these areas were known for their diverse populations and strategic importance within the empire. Spiritually, this scattering served as a call to repentance and a reminder of God's sovereignty over all nations. The mention of these specific locations highlights the thoroughness of the Assyrian policy and the complete uprooting of the Israelites from their land.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) In the ninth year of Hosheathe king of Assyria took Samaria.--Comp. <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm" title="The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.">Hosea 10:5</a> seq.; <a href="/micah/1-6.htm" title="Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.">Micah 1:6</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/28-1.htm" title="Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!">Isaiah 28:1-4</a>. In the great inscription published by Botta, Sargon says: "The city of Samaria I assaulted, I took; 27,280 men dwelling in the midst thereof I carried off; 50 chariots among them I set apart (for myself), and the rest of their wealth I let (my soldiers) take; my prefect over them I appointed, and the tribute of the former king upon them I laid."Placed them.--Literally, made them dwell. LXX.,In Halah.--This place appears to be identical with Halahhu, a name occurring in an Assyrian geographical list between Arrabha (Arrapachitis) and Ratsappa (Rezeph). It probably lay in Mesopotamia, like Rezeph and Gozan. (See Note on <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm" title="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 to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day.">1Chronicles 5:26</a>.)In Habor by the river of Gozan.--Rather, on Habor the river of Gozan. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - In the ninth year of Hoshea the wing of Assyria took Samaria. In B.C. 722, the ninth year of Hoshea, there seems to have been a revolution at Nineveh. The reign of Shalmaneser came to an end, and Sargon seated himself upon the throne. There have been commentators on Kings (Keil, Bahr) who have supposed that Shalmaneser and Sargon were the same person, and have even claimed that the Assyrian inscriptions support their view. But the fact is otherwise. Nothing is more certain than that, according to them, Sargon succeeded Shalmaneser IV. in B.C. 722 by a revolution, and was the head of a new dynasty. He claims in his annals, among his earliest acts, the siege and capture of Samaria ('Eponym Canon,' p. 125). It is remarkable that Scripture, while in no way connecting him with the capture, never distinctly assigns it to Shalmaneser. Here we are only told that "the King of Assyria" took it. In <a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9, 10</a>, where we are distinctly told that Shalmaneser "came up against Samaria, and besieged it," the capture is expressed by the phrase, "they took it," not "he took it." Perhaps neither king was present in person at the siege, or, at any rate, at its termination. The city may have been taken by an Assyrian general, while Shalmaneser and Sargon were contending for the crown. In that case, the capture might be assigned to either. Sargon certainly claims it; Shalmaneser's annals have been so mutilated by his successors that we cannot tell whether he claimed it or not. The city fell in B.C. 722; and the deportation of its inhabitants at once took place. And carried Israel away into Assyria. The inscription of Sargon above referred to mentions only the deportation, from the city of Samaria itself, of 27,290 persons. No doubt a vast number of others were carried off from the smaller towns and from the country districts. Still, the country was not left uninhabited, and Sargon assessed its tribute at the old rate ('Eponym Canon,' l.s.c.). Nor was the cry of Samaria destroyed, since we hear of it subsequently more than once in the Assyrian annals. And placed them in Halah. "Halah" (חֲלַה) has been supposed by some to be the old Assyrian city (<a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Genesis 10:11</a>) of Calah (כָּלַח), which was, down to the' time of Tiglath-pileser, the main capital; but the difference of spelling is an objection, and the Assyrians do not seem to have ever transported subject-populations to their capitals. It is moreover reasonable to suppose that Halah, Habor, Gozan, and Hara (<a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">1 Chronicles 5:26</a>) were in the same neighborhood. This last consideration points to the "Chalcitis" of Ptolemy (5. 18) as the true "Halah," since it was in the immediate vicinity of the Khabour, of Gauzanitis, and of Haran. And in Habor by the river of Gozan. This is a mistranslation. The Hebrew runs, "And on Habor (Khabor), the river of Gozan" (so also in <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11</a>). "Habor, the river of Gozan," is undoubtedly one of the Khabours. Those who find Halah in Calah, or in Calacine (Calachene), generally prefer the eastern river which runs into the Tigris from Kurdistan a little below Jezireh. But there is no evidence that rids river bore the name in antiquity. The Western Khabour, on the other hand, was well known to the Assyrians under that appellation, and is the Aborrhas of Strabo and Procopius, the Chaboras of Pliny and Ptolemy, the Aburas of Isadore of Charax, and the Abora of Zosimus. It adjoins a district called Chalcitis, and it drains the country of Gauzanitis or Mygdonia. The Western Khabour is a river of Upper Mesopotamia, and runs into the Euphrates from the northeast near the site of the ancient Circesion. The tract which it drains is called Mygdonia by Strabo, Gauzanitis by Ptolemy. And in the cities of the Medes. Media had been repeatedly invaded and ravaged by the Assyrians from the time of Vulnirari IV. (about B.C. 810); but the first king to conquer any portion of it, and people its cities with settlers from other parts of his dominions, was Sargon (Oppert, ' Inscriptions des Sargonides,' pp. 25, 37). We learn from the present passage that a certain number of these settlers were Israelites (comp. <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11</a> and Tobit 1:14). <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/17-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In the ninth הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית (hat·tə·šî·‘îṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8671.htm">Strong's 8671: </a> Ninth (an ordinal number) year בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (biš·naṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year [of the reign] of Hoshea, לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ (lə·hō·wō·šê·a‘) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1954.htm">Strong's 1954: </a> Hoshea -- 'salvation', the name of several Israelites the king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Assyria אַשּׁוּר֙ (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> Ashshur captured לָכַ֤ד (lā·ḵaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere Samaria שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel and carried away וַיֶּ֥גֶל (way·ye·ḡel) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc to Assyria, אַשּׁ֑וּרָה (’aš·šū·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> Ashshur where he settled וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב (way·yō·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry them אֹתָ֜ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case in Halah, בַּחְלַ֧ח (baḥ·laḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2477.htm">Strong's 2477: </a> Halah -- an area under Assyrian control in Gozan גּוֹזָ֖ן (gō·w·zān) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1470.htm">Strong's 1470: </a> Gozan -- a city and area in Mesopotamia by the Habor וּבְחָב֛וֹר (ū·ḇə·ḥā·ḇō·wr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2249.htm">Strong's 2249: </a> Habor -- a river of Assyr River, נְהַ֥ר (nə·har) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5104.htm">Strong's 5104: </a> A stream, prosperity and in the cities וְעָרֵ֥י (wə·‘ā·rê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of the Medes. מָדָֽי׃ (mā·ḏāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4074.htm">Strong's 4074: </a> Media -- a son of Japheth, also his descendants and their land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 17:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>