2 Kings 17:6

The king of Assyria] Not Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:3), who died before Samaria was captured, but his successor, Sargon (723-705). The fall of Samaria took place in 722 b.c. Carried Israel away] The numbers deported, as given in Sargon's own inscription, amounted to 27,280 so that a considerable population must have been left behind: cp. 2 Chronicles 34:9.. Of the localities where the captives were settled, Halah is not known. In Habor by the river of Gozan] should be 'on Habor' (the Chaboras, mod. Khabour), 'the river of Gozan' (part of Mesopotamia). The cities (LXX 'mountains') of the Medes] S. of the Caspian Sea.