A river in Assyria where Israelite captives were settled.
Habor
Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in 2 Kings 17:6.
חָבוֹרHabor
The name means “a partaker; a companion.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Habor Written by AI
Habor was a river located in Assyria, associated with the region of Gozan, where Israelite captives from the northern kingdom were settled by the Assyrians. During the reign of Hoshea, the last king of Israel, the Assyrian king Shalmaneser conquered Samaria and deported the Israelites to various locations in Assyria, including the cities of Halah and Habor, by the river Gozan (2Ki.17.6; 18:11; 1Ch.5.26). The practice of deporting conquered populations was a common strategy employed by the Assyrians to prevent rebellions and to integrate the conquered peoples into their empire. The exact location of the Habor River is not specified in the Bible, but it is generally identified with the Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates River, located in modern-day Syria and Iraq. The Khabur River was known for its fertile lands and was an important region in the Assyrian Empire. The deportation of the Israelites to the region of the Habor River marked the end of the northern kingdom and the beginning of the Assyrian captivity, which had a profound impact on the history and identity of the Israelite people.
Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.
Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
The united stream, or, according to others, with beautiful banks, the name of a river in Assyria, and also of the district through which it flowed (1 Chr. 5:26). There is a river called Khabur which rises in the central highlands of Kurdistan, and flows south-west till it falls into the Tigris, about 70 miles above Mosul. This was not, however, the Habor of Scripture.
There is another river of the same name (the Chaboras) which, after a course of about 200 miles, flows into the Euphrates at Karkesia, the ancient Circesium. This was, there can be little doubt, the ancient Habor.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.