And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser 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.
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Barnes' Notes
“Habor” here seems to be a city or a district, and not a river, as in marginal reference There is some reason to believe that districts among the Assyrians were occasionally named from streams. Hara…
Adam Clarke
Tilgath-pilneser - Many MSS. have תגלת Tiglath instead of תלגת Tilgath. The Syriac, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, have the same reading as in Kg2 15:29, etc.
Brought them unto Halah - See the notes…
The heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that were seated on the other side Jordan, are named here, Ch1 5:23, Ch1 5:24. Their lot, at first, was Bashan only; but afterwards they increased so much in…
Cambridge Bible
stirred up the spirit Cp. 2Ch 21:16; 2Ch 36:22.
Pul … and … Tilgath-pilneser Both here and in 2Ki 15:19; 2Ki 15:29 (Pul … Tiglath-pileser) the two names are used as though two different persons were…
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