The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed<n id="1" /> at Riblah in the territory<n id="2" /> of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.p>

The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people<n id="3" /> to Kir and executed Rezin.p>

They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the <sc>Lordsc> had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the <sc>Lordsc> angry.<n id="1" />

So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel.<n id="1" /> He taught them how to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

They were worshiping<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.p>

The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel<n id="1" /> to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

In the ninth year of Hoshea&#8217;s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel<n id="1" /> to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.p>

Finally<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> rejected Israel<n id="2" /> just as he had warned he would do<n id="3" /> through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.p>

The king of Assyria was told,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people<n id="2" /> because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.&#8221;

So the king of Assyria ordered, &#8220;Take back one of the priests whom you<n id="1" /> deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.&#8221;<n id="2" />

He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.

He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king&#8217;s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land.<n id="1" />

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.<n id="1" />

During Pekah&#8217;s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor,<n id="1" /> Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people<n id="2" /> to Assyria.