2 KINGS 18:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:”
The king of Assyria carried the people of Israel away to Assyria, settled them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes — the deportation of Israel's population to Halah, Habor, Gozan, and the Median cities completes the exile narrative. The geographic dispersal ensures that no unified Israelite identity can be maintained. The ten lost tribes enter their permanent diaspora. This verse echoes 2 Kings 17:6 almost verbatim, emphasizing the totality of exile.
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