The Captivities
2 Kings 17; 25
Israel carried away from Samaria into Assyria (2 Kings 17), and Judah from Jerusalem by way of Riblah to Babylon (2 Kings 25), along the Fertile Crescent rather than across the desert. Halah can't be identified with certainty today.
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Samaria · 2 Kings 17:6 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.
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Gozan · 2 Kings 17:6 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.
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Habor · 2 Kings 17:6 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.
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Halah · 2 Kings 17:6 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.
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Jerusalem · 2 Kings 25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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Riblah · 2 Kings 25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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Babylon · 2 Kings 25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Places
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Chebar · Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
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Abraham's Journeys · Jacob and Joseph · The Exodus · The Conquest of Canaan · The Twelve Tribes · David Flees from Saul · The Kingdoms of Israel · Empires of the Bible · The Ministry of Jesus · Jerusalem in the Days of Jesus · Philip and Peter · Paul's First Journey · Paul's Second Journey · Paul's Third Journey · Paul's Voyage to Rome · The Seven Churches
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