Halah

for other uses, see Halah (name) Halah (Hebrew חֲלַח, Tiberian ) is a city that is mentioned in the Bible. It is noted when the Assyrians invaded Israel and enslaved the people. They were sent into exile in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes. Halah was in Assyria, which was a major power in northern Mesopotamia. The city appears in 2 Kings and in 1 Chronicles, where the story is being retold.
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is probably a different place from the Calah of (Genesis 10:11) It may be identified with the Chalcitis of Ptolemy.
  

a district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction with the Jerujer. Probably the district called by Ptolemy Chalcitis.