2 Kings 18:11
in 2 Kings 18The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
KJV
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:
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This verse in 2 Kings 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
carry away Israel unto Assyria
on 2 Kings 18:11-12
The exile formula, carried away and put them in Halah and in Habor, matches the wording chapter 17 already gave in full, and the narrator repeats it here as if unwilling to let a new reign begin without restating why the northern kingdom is gone. Verse 12 states the covenant charge in the driest legal language available: they obeyed not the voice of the Lord, transgressed his covenant, and would not hear. Deuteronomy 28 named exile as the covenant's own penalty long before either king in this chapter was born, so the text reads the disaster as a verdict rather than a misfortune.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Yet is invaded, and his country put under contribution by Sennacherib, ver. 13-16. Jerusalem is besieged, ver. 17. The virulent speech of Rabshakeh, ver. 18-25.
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And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria,.... Of the places he disposed of them in, after mentioned; see Gill on 2Ki 17:6.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֶּ֧גֶל | vaiyegel | and he took into exile | H1540 → | 186 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁ֛וּר | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אַשּׁ֑וּרָה | ʾashurah | Assyria towards | H804 → | 151 times |
| וַיַּנְחֵ֞ם | vaiyanchem | and he led them | H5148 → | |
| בַּחְלַ֧ח | bachlach | in Halah | H2477 → | |
| וּבְחָב֛וֹר | uvechavor | and on [the] Habor | H2249 → | |
| נְהַ֥ר | nehar | [the] river of | H5104 → | 119 times |
| גּוֹזָ֖ן | gozan | Gozan | H1470 → | 5 times |
| וְעָרֵ֥י | vearei | and [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מָדָֽי׃ | madai | Media | H4074 → |
וַיֶּ֧גֶלand he took into exile
vaiyegelH1540 →186 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁ֛וּרAssyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אַשּׁ֑וּרָהAssyria towards
ʾashurahH804 →151 times
וַיַּנְחֵ֞םand he led them
vaiyanchemH5148 →
בַּחְלַ֧חin Halah
bachlachH2477 →
וּבְחָב֛וֹרand on [the] Habor
uvechavorH2249 →
נְהַ֥ר[the] river of
neharH5104 →119 times
גּוֹזָ֖ןGozan
gozanH1470 →5 times
וְעָרֵ֥יand [the] cities of
veareiH5892 →1090 times
מָדָֽי׃Media
madaiH4074 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 7:43You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
it leads to
- Amos 5:26–27
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
- Exodus 20:4–5
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Amos 5:26–27
Through
1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:6
In 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 15:19
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
So 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.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile.
- 2 Kings 17:6
Through
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…
it leads to
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Hosea 13:16
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.