²⁹ In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ^[a](A)Tiglath-pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and ^(B)he led ^[b]their populations into exile to Assyria.

^9 (A)So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and ^(B)captured it, and led the people of it into exile to ^(C)Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Israel Captive

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, ^(A)the king of Assyria captured Samaria and ^(B)led the people of Israel into exile to Assyria, and ^(C)settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of ^(D)Gozan, and ^(E)in the cities of the Medes.

Cities of Israel Filled with Strangers

^24 (A)Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, ^[a](B)Avva, ^(C)Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

²⁶ So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of ^(A)Pul, king of Assyria, that is, the spirit of ^[a]Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he ^(B)took them into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.