2 Kings 17:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

2 Kings 17:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 17:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 17:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

2 Kings 17:6 — World English Bible

2 Kings 17:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

2 Kings 17:6 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 17:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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, <FI>by<Fi> the river Gozan, and <FI>in<Fi> the cities of the Medes.”

2 Kings 17:6 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 17:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. ”

2 Kings 17:6 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 17:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“In the ninth yeere of Hoshea, the King of Asshur tooke Samaria, and caryed Israel away vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah, and in Habor by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

2 Kings 17:6 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 17:6 in Context — 2 Kings 17

4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

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.

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

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