Study it in the app“And the Elohim of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, to this day.”
And the Elohimוַ אֱלֹהֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלstirred upיָּעַרthe spiritאֶת רוּחַof Pulפּוּלkingמֶלֶךְof Assyria,אַשּׁוּרand the spiritוְאֶת רוּחַof Tilgath-pilneserתִּלְּגַת פִּלְנֶסֶרkingמֶלֶךְof Assyria,אַשּׁוּרand he carried them into exile,וַיַּגְלֵםthe Reubenites,לָראוּבֵנִיthe Gadites,וְלַגָּדִיand the half-tribeוְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶטof Manasseh,מְנַשֶּׁהand brought themוַיְבִיאֵםto Halah,לַחְלַחHabor,וְחָבוֹרHara,וְהָרָאand the riverוּנְהַרof Gozan,גּוֹזָןtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsstir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “yaar” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appearsPul
Pul. The name of a king of Assyria who came against Israel in Menahem's time (2 Kings 15:19); 1 Chronicles 5:26 places him beside Tiglath-pileser. In Isaiah 66:19 it is the name of a people.
Where else “pul” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsTiglath-pileser
Tiglath-pileser: a king of Assyria who took the north of Israel and carried its people into exile (2 Kings 15:29), and from whom Ahaz of Judah asked help (2 Kings 16:7). In Chronicles the name is written "Tilgath-pilneser."
Where else “tilgat” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “yagle” appearsReubenite
Reubenite: a descendant of Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Where else “ruveni” appearsGadite
Gadite: a descendant of Gad, son of Jacob.
Where else “gadi” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appearsHalah
Halah. A region of Assyria to which the Israelites of the northern kingdom were carried (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11).
Where else “chelach” appearsHabor
Habor. A river of the region of Gozan, in Assyria, beside which the Israelites carried into exile were settled (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11).
Where else “chavor” appearsHara
Hara: a place in Assyria to which the tribes beyond the Jordan were taken into exile.
Where else “hara” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nehar” appearsGozan
Gozan. A region of Assyria, by the river Habor, to which the northern Israelites were carried into exile (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 19:12).
Where else “gozan” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsThe same is told in 2 Kings 15:19, 29 and 17:6. “Stirred up the spirit”: moved his will so that he would act. The Hebrew says “of Pul… and of Tilgath-pilneser,” and then “he carried them,” in the singular; documents from Assyria and Babylon show that Pul was another name of the same king.
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
25But they committed unfaithfulness against the Elohim of their fathers, and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom Elohim had destroyed before them.
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