Study it in the app“In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”
In the ninth yearבִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִיתof Hosheaלְהוֹשֵׁעַthe kingמֶלֶךְof AssyriaאַשּׁוּרcapturedלָכַדSamariaאֶת שֹׁמְרוֹןand carried Israel into exileוַיֶּגֶל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלto Assyria,אַשּׁוּרָהand settled themוַיֹּשֶׁב אֹתָםin Halahבַּחְלַחand on the Habor,וּבְחָבוֹרthe riverנְהַרof Gozan,גּוֹזָןand in the citiesוְעָרֵיof the Medes.מָדָי
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsninth
Ninth.
Where else “teshiit” appearsHoshea
Hoshea, the first name of Joshua son of Nun; other men bear it later, among them the prophet Hosea. It means "salvation" or "deliverer."
Where else “hoshea” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lachad” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “yegel” 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” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” 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” 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” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsMadai
Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).
Where else “maday” 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).
2Samaria
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).
5The king of Assyria came up through all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 · This verse (above)
7And it happened because the sons of Israel had sinned against YHWH their Elohim, who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they feared other gods,
