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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Halah

a moist table

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Halah

is probably a different place from the Calah of (Genesis 10:11) It may be identified with the Chalcitis of Ptolemy.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Halah

2 Kings 17:6. See HABOR.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chronicles 5:26). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction with the Jerujer. Probably the district called by Ptolemy Chalcitis.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HALAH

ha'-la (chalach; Halae, Hallae, Chaach, for Chalach, Chala; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Hala):

1. Many Identifications:

Mentioned in 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 1 Chronicles 5:26, as one of the places to which the kings of Assyria sent the exiled Israelites (see GOZAN; HABOR). Various identifications have been proposed, all of them except the last more or less improbable for philological reasons:

(1) the Assyrian Kalach (Nimrud, the Calah of Genesis 10:11);

(2) the Assyrian Hilakku (Cilicia);

(3) Chalkitis in Mesopotamia (Ptol. v.18, 4), adjoining Gauzanitis (Gozan)-a good position otherwise;

(4) the Calachene of Strabo, in the North of Assyria. Equally unsuitable, also, is

(5) the Chalonitis of Pliny and Strabo, Northeast of Assyria, notwithstanding that this was apparently called Halah by the Syrians. An attractive identification was

(6) with the river Balikh (by change of "H" into "B")-compare Septuagint "in Halae and in Habor, rivers of Gozan"-but even this has to be abandoned in favor of

(7) the Assyrian Halahhu, which (except the doubling and the case-ending) is the same, letter for letter.

2. The Most Probable of Them:

It is mentioned in the W. Asia Inscr, II, plural 53, l. 35, between Arrapha (Arrapachitis) and Racappu (Reseph). According to the tablet K. 123, where it is called mat Halahhi, "the land of Halahhu," it apparently included the towns Se-bise, Se-irrisi, Lu-ammu(ti?), and Se-Akkulani, apparently four grain-producing centers for the Assyrian government. The first quotation implies that Halah was near or in Gauzanitis, and had a chief town of the same name. Of the 8 personal names in K. 123, 5 are Assyrian, the remainder being Syrian rather than Israelite.

T. G. Pinches

Strong's Hebrew

2477. Chalach -- an area under Assyr. control
... an area under Assyr. control. Transliteration: Chalach Phonetic Spelling:
(khal-akh') Short Definition: Halah. ... control NASB Word Usage Halah (3). Halah. ...
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1988. halom -- hith-er
... here, hitherto, thither. From the article (see halah); hither -- here,
hither(-(to)), thither. see HEBREW halah. 1987, 1988. halom. 1989 . Strong's
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1976. hallazeh -- this
... pronoun Definition this NASB Word Usage this (2). this. From the article (see halah)
and zeh; this very -- this. see HEBREW halah. see HEBREW zeh. 1975, 1976 ...
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1972. hala -- to be removed far off
... cast far off. Probably denominatively from halah; to remove or be remote -- cast
far off. see HEBREW halah. 1971, 1972. hala. 1973 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Woman of Samaria
... And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah
and in Habor by the river of Gozon, and in the cities of the Medes: because ...
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A Kingdom's Epitaph
... '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 ...
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Thesaurus

Halah (4 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HALAH. ... The first quotation implies that Halah was
near or in Gauzanitis, and had a chief town of the same name. ...
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Gozan (5 Occurrences)
... It became an Assyrian province, and rebelled in 759 BC, but was again reduced to
subjection. See HABOR; HALAH. James Orr. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Removeth (27 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 17:6 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 ...
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Habor (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 17:6 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 ...
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Exile (101 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 17:6 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 ...
/e/exile.htm - 43k

Deported (12 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 17:6 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 ...
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Tiglath-pileser (6 Occurrences)
... pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites and the
Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor ...
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Hara (1 Occurrence)
... ha'-ra (hara'; Septuagint omits): A place named in 1 Chronicles 5:26 along with
Halah, Habor and the river of Gozan, whither the Reubenites, the Gadites and ...
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Medes (15 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 17:6 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 ...
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Placing (44 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and
took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river ...
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Bible Concordance

Halah (4 Occurrences)

2 Kings 17:6 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 5:26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Obadiah 1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Halah

Halah: A Place to Which Israelite Captives Were Transported

Related Terms

Gozan (5 Occurrences)

Removeth (27 Occurrences)

Habor (3 Occurrences)

Exile (101 Occurrences)

Deported (12 Occurrences)

Tiglath-pileser (6 Occurrences)

Hara (1 Occurrence)

Medes (15 Occurrences)