# 2 Kings 18:11

> The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

— 2 Kings 18:11, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Halah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/halah
- **Habor** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/habor
- **Gozan** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gozan

## When

- 701 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 18:13 dates itself by the fourteenth year of Hezekiah; the Sennacherib Prism dates the same campaign to 701 BC and names Hezekiah.

## Who ruled

- **Sennacherib**, king of Assyria, 705-681 BC · Source: Taylor Prism (British Museum), in which he tells of besieging Jerusalem and names "Hezekiah, the Jew," but does not say he took the city
- **Hezekiah**, king of Judah, 715-686 BC · Source: 2 Kings 18-20; the Sennacherib Prism, which names him; the Siloam tunnel and the inscription found in it, which record the work of 2 Kings 20:20

## See also

- 1 Chronicles 5:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/5/26
- 2 Kings 17:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/17/6
- Isaiah 37:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/37/12

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/11
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).