Halah
Halah was one of the places where the Assyrians settled the exiled Israelites after conquering the Northern Kingdom.
The name Halah means “a moist table”
PlaceOld Testament2 books3 verses
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- about 60 km around Halahha
- Certainty
- Likely (71% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 36.432° N, 43.195° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- חֲלַחHalah
Mentions
- In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 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.
- So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.