2Ki 17:6 | NET2full | STEP | In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria . He settled them in Halah , along the Habor (the river of Gozan ), and in the cities of the Medes .

2 Kings 17:6

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.} to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.