Chălach — H2477

Definition

locative proper noun

Chalach, a region of Assyria

1. Halah = "painful"
2. a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken

Usually translated as

Halah

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Occurrences

Chălach occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah (בַּחְלַ֧ח) and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• 2 Kings 18:11 — And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah (בַּחְלַ֧ח) and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
• 1 Chronicles 5:26 — And 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 (לַחְלַ֨ח), and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.