The Meaning of 2 Kings 17:6 Explained

2 Kings 17:6

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.

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.

Darby: 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.

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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 2 Kings 17:6 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 17:1-12 - The Cause Of Israel's Weakness
This chapter reads like a page from the books of the great white throne. Hoshea, the last king of Israel, did not follow in all the evil deeds of his eighteen predecessors, but the degeneracy of the nation was too far advanced for anything to arrest its collapse. The dry-rot had eaten its way through the specious covering. Worldly policy was the immediate cause of the nation's downfall. Had they obeyed God simply and absolutely, they could have trusted Him to maintain their independence. But they chose to enter into alliances, now with Syria, and then with Egypt, and so became entangled in the wars of their allies. See Hosea 7:11; Hosea 9:3; Hosea 9:6; Hosea 12:1, etc.
Let us read carefully the bill of divorce which the Heavenly Husband gave to the recreant people whom he put away. It is a pathetic document from 2 Kings 17:7 onward; but none can say that Jehovah had not good and sufficient cause for acting as he did. The wonder is that He bore so long with the apostate race. Read Hosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5 to learn how the divine heart was rent when the hour of separation came: but let us not forget the assurances of Romans 11:1-36, that the true Israel shall ultimately be saved. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 17

1  Hoshea the Last King of Israel
3  Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt
5  Samaria for sinning is led into captivity
24  The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 17:6 mean?

In year the ninth of Hoshea took the king of Assyria - Samaria and carried away Israel to Assyria and placed them in Halah and by the Habor the River of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes -
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־ אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־ שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי פ

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת  In  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית  the  ninth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: תְּשִׁיעִי  
Sense: ninth (as ordinal number).
לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ  of  Hoshea 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹושֵׁעַ  
Sense: family name of Joshua, the son of Nun.
לָכַ֤ד  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לָכַד  
Sense: to capture, take, seize.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
אַשּׁוּר֙  of  Assyria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן  Samaria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֹׁמְרֹון  
Sense: the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 0 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam.
וַיֶּ֥גֶל  and  carried  away 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אַשּׁ֑וּרָה  to  Assyria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב  and  placed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בַּחְלַ֧ח  in  Halah 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲלַח  
Sense: a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken.
וּבְחָב֛וֹר  and  by  the  Habor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָבֹור  
Sense: a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria.
נְהַ֥ר  the  River 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נָהָר  
Sense: stream, river.
גּוֹזָ֖ן  of  Gozan 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֹּוזָן  
Sense: the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled.
וְעָרֵ֥י  and  in  the  cities 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
מָדָֽי  of  the  Medes 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָדַי  
Sense: a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation