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2 Kings 17:24

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

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ASV

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

KJV

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֵ֣אvai.ya.Ve'and he brought [people]H935 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
אַשּׁ֡וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
מִבָּבֶ֡לmi.ba.Velfrom BabylonH894 →
וּ֠מִכּוּ֠תָהu.Mi.ku.tahand from Cuthah <towards>H3575 →
וּמֵעַוָּ֤אu.me.'a.Va'and from AvvaH5755 →
וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙u.me.cha.Matand from HamathH2574 →
וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִםu.se.far.Va.yimand SepharvaimH5617 →
וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙vai.Yo.shevand he caused [them] to dwellH3427 →
בְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.Reiin [the] cities ofH5892 →
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111 →
תַּ֖חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙vai.yir.Shuand they took possession ofH3423 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111 →
וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they dweltH3427 →
בְּעָרֶֽיהָ׃be.'a.Rei.hain cities itsH5892 →

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Ezra 4:2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”Ezra 4:9From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,2 Kings 17:31the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.2 Kings 18:34Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.2 Kings 19:13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”2 Kings 17:30–31The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,Isaiah 37:18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.2 Kings 18:31Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,Isaiah 37:13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.Isaiah 23:13Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.Jeremiah 39:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

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