2 Kings 17:6

 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.

a. ASV: In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. YLT:  In the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: In the ninth year of Hoshea, [c]the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried [the people of] Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.   [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. The Rubin Edition, The Early Prophets, 1 & 2 Kings, Rabbinic Commentary:  In the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Asyria. He settled them in Halah, in Habor, byt the Gozan River, and in the cities of M   [The ArtScroll Series/Rubin Edition THE PROPHETS: KINGS Copyright 2006 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ltd.]

e. Torah, Judaism and Jewish information on the web: www.chabad.org; Online English Translation of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible): In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and exiled the Israelites to Assyria, and he repatriated them in Halah, and in Habor, the Gozan River, and the cities of Media.  [English Translation, Ⓒ Copyright The Judaica Press All rights reserved.]

1. “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria…” 

a. [In the] ninth [Strong: 8671 tshiy`iy tesh-ee-ee' ord. from 8672; ninth:--ninth.]

b. year [Strong: 8141 shaneh shaw-neh' (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}; from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).]

c. [of] Hoshea [Strong: 1954 Howshea` ho-shay'-ah from 3467; deliverer; Hoshea, the name of five Israelites:--Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.]

e. [of] Assyria [Strong: 804. asphales as-fal-ace' from 1 (as a negative particle) and sphallo (to "fail"); secure (literally or figuratively):--certain(-ty), safe, sure.]

f. took [Strong: 3920 lakad law-kad' a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:--X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.]

g. Samaria [Strong: 8111 Shomrown sho-mer-one' from the active participle of 8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:--Samaria.]

h. [and carried] Israel [Strong: 3478 Yisra'el yis-raw-ale' from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.]

i. away [Strong: 1540 galah gaw-law' a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal:--+ advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.]

j. [into] Assyria [Strong: 804 'Ashshuwr ash-shoor' or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}; apparently from 833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire:--Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians.] 

2. “...and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

a. [and] placed [Strong: 3427 yashab yaw-shab' a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:--(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.]

b. them [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

c. [in] Halah [Strong: 2477 Chalach khal-akh' probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria:--Halah.]

d. [and in] Habor [Strong: 2249 Chabowr khaw-bore' from 2266; united; Chabor, a river of Assyria:--Habor.]

e. [by the] river [Strong: 5104 nahar naw-hawr' from 5102; a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity:--flood, river.]

f. [of] Gozan [Strong: 1470 Gowzan go-zawn' probably from 1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria:--Gozan.]

g. [and in the] cities [Strong: 5892 `iyr eer or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):--Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.]

h. [of the] Medes [Strong: 4074 Maday maw-dah'-ee of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia:--Madai, Medes, Media.

1). When Assyria removed them it occurred after Samaria was under siege between 2 and 3 years.

a). 2 Kings 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

b). This was in the year 722 B.C.