Study it in the app“The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.”
The kingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרbroughtוַיָּבֵאpeople from Babylon,מִבָּבֶלfrom Cuthah,וּמִכּוּתָהfrom Avva,וּמֵעַוָּאfrom Hamath,וּמֵחֲמָתand Sepharvaim,וּסְפַרְוַיִםand settled themוַיֹּשֶׁבin the citiesבְּעָרֵיof Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןin placeתַּחַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand they took possessionוַיִּרְשׁוּof Samariaאֶת שֹׁמְרוֹןand livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin its cities.בְּעָרֶיהָ
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsCuth, Cuthah
Cuthah (also "Cuth"). A region or city from which the king of Assyria brought people to settle Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 30).
Where else “kuta” appearsIvvah, Avva
Ivvah (also "Avva"). A place conquered by Assyria, from which people were brought to settle Samaria (2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13). Its inhabitants are "the Avvites."
Where else “ava” appearsHamath
Hamath, a city and region of Syria, north of the promised land. "The entrance of Hamath" marks the northern border.
Where else “chamat” appearsSepharvaim
Sepharvaim. A city conquered by Assyria, from which people were brought to settle Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 31). The king of Assyria names it among the cities whose gods could not deliver them (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13).
Where else “sefarvayim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears1Assyria
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).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
3Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
23until YHWH removed Israel from before his face, as he had spoken through all his servants the prophets. And Israel went into exile from its land to Assyria, to this day.
24 · This verse (above)
25And it happened, at the beginning of their living there, that they did not fear YHWH; so YHWH sent against them the lions, and they were killing some among them.
