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Halah in the Bible.

Halah is a region in the Bible, its middle about 914 km (568 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 3 verses, from 2 Kings 17:6 to 1 Chronicles 5:26.

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About Halah.

A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction with the Jerujer. Probably the district called by Ptolemy Chalcitis.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Halah.

Hoshea 1Manasseh 1Tilgath-pilneser 1

Near Halah.

All 3 verses that name Halah.

2 Kings 2

  • 2 Kings 17:6In 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 18:11And 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:

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26And 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.

Questions about Halah.

Where is Halah in the Bible?

Halah is a region its middle about 914 km (568 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Halah named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Halah in 3 verses, in 2 books, from 2 Kings 17:6 to 1 Chronicles 5:26.

Which people are named with Halah in the Bible?

The verses that name Halah also name Hoshea, Manasseh and Tilgath-pilneser.

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