何細亞第九年亞述王攻取了撒馬利亞，將以色列人擄到亞述，把他們安置在哈臘與歌散的哈博河邊，並米底亞人的城邑。 這是因以色列人得罪那領他們出埃及地、脫離埃及王法老手的耶和華－他們的上帝，去敬畏別神，
列王紀下 17:6-7
When Hoshea had been king of Israel for nearly 9 years, the king of Assyria beat the people in Samaria. He sent many of the people from Israel to Assyria. He caused them to live in Halah, Gozan by the River Habor and in towns in Media. All this happened because the people in Israel had not obeyed the Lord. The Lord was their God, who had brought them out of Egypt. God had made them free from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But now they worshipped other gods. 2 Kings 17:6-7