1 Kings 8:46Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012Everyone sins. But when your people sin against you, suppose you get angry enough to let their enemies drag them away to foreign countries. See the chapter |
before capturing it in the ninth year of Hoshea's rule. The Assyrian king took the Israelites away to Assyria as prisoners. He forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the River Habor in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived.