Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2477
חֲלַח
cha.lach · “Halah”
Used 3 times across 2 books
Definition
§ Halah = "painful"
a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken
Where it appears
2 Kings2
1 Chronicles1
In the text
2 Kings 17:6In 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.2 Kings 18:11And 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:1 Chronicles 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser 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.
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