2 Kings 17:6

2 Kings 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In 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.
• New International Version (NIV)In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Context of 2 Kings 17:6

4But the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had then brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria arrested him and confined him in prison. 5Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and led the people of Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods. 8They also followed the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

2 Kings 17:6 word by word

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃ פRead the interlinear

• In the ninthתְּשִׁיעִיteshîy‛îy · ninthH8671
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhôshêa‛ · HosheaH1954
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• capturedלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• ledגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• exileגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• settledיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• them in Halahחֲלַחchălach · HalahH2477
• and Haborחָבוֹרchâbôr · HaborH2249
• the riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Gozanגּוֹזָןgôzân · GozanH1470
• in the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of the Medesמָדַיmâday · MedeH4074

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:6

• 2 Kings 18:10And at the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
• Hosea 1:6Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria will pay the penalty for her guilt, Because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their children will be slaughtered, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.
• Leviticus 26:32And I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled at it.
• Deuteronomy 4:25“When you father children and have grandchildren, and you grow old in the land, and you act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger,
• Deuteronomy 28:36The Lord will bring you and your king, whom you appoint over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, made of wood and stone.
• Deuteronomy 29:27Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;
• Deuteronomy 30:18I declare to you today that you will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and take possession of it.
• 1 Kings 14:15“For the Lord will strike Israel, just as a reed sways in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.
• Amos 5:27Therefore I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.
• 2 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
• 1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, that is, the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.
• Isaiah 37:12Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
• Isaiah 13:17Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.
• Isaiah 21:2A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have put an end to all the groaning she has caused.
• Daniel 5:28‘Perēs’--your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Took Samaria - According to the prophets Hosea, Hosea 13:16, and Micah, Micah 1:6. He exercised great cruelties on this miserable city, ripping up the women with child, dashing young children against the stones, etc. etc. Carried Israel away into Assyria - What were the places to which the unfortunate Israelites were carried, or where their successors are now situated, have given rise to innumerable conjectures, dissertations, discourses, etc. Some…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The king of Assyria took Samaria - i. e., from the Assyrian inscriptions, not Shalmaneser but Sargon, who claims to have captured the city in the first year of his reign (721 B.C.). At first Sargon carried off from Samaria no more than 27,280 prisoners and was so far from depopulating the country that he assessed the tribute on the remaining inhabitants at the same rate as before the conquest. But later in his reign he effected the wholesale deportation…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6the king of Assyria: Historical records say Shalmaneser V of Assyria, the ruler from 726 to 722 BC, conquered Samaria, but Sargon II (who ruled Assyria from 721 to 705 BC) claimed he captured the city. Sargon might have been the commander when Samaria fell and then became king after Shalmaneser's death during the siege. invaded the whole land: The Assyrians would destroy the area around an enemy's main city before attacking it. The ninth year of King…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. carried Israel away--that is, the remaining tribes (see on 2Ki 15:29). and placed them, &c.--This passage Gesenius renders thus, omitting the particle by, which is printed in italics to show it is not in the original: "and placed them in Halah, and on the Chabor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes." Halah--the same as Calah (Ge 10:11, 12), in the region of the Laycus or Zab river, about a day's journey from the ruins of Nineveh…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 17:6

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Captivity
• Colonization
• Gozan
• Habor
• Halah
• Hoshea
• Judgments
• Medes
• Samaria
• Shalmaneser

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Hoshea
• Israel
• Samaria
• Medes
• Euphrates River, the River
• Chebar
• Exile
• Gozan
• Halah

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings