2 Kings 17:24

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The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Places in this passage

2 Kings 17:24 mentions Assyria, Avva, Babylon, Bethel, Cuth, Egypt, Gozan, Habor, Halah, Hamath and Samaria.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky