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Halah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Probably Habor

(2 Kings 17:6⁶In 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)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

District to which captive Israelites were carried (2 Kings 17:6⁶In 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); 2 Kings 18:11¹¹And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: (2 Kings 18:11); 1 Chron. 5:26²⁶And 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 unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. (1 Chronicles 5:26)). In an Assyrian geographical list the name of Halahhu has been found, which corresponds with Halah, but its position is not well defined. The texts associate it with HABOR.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2477 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Chalach

Phonic:

khal-akh’

Meaning:

probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria

KJV Usage:

Halah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

painful: fresh anguish

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Moist tablet; moist surface:―a region of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:6. {Tabula humida}