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25 But they disobeyed the God of their fathers, prostituting themselves to the pagan gods whom God had destroyed in front of them. 26 So the God of Israel awakened the king of Assyria, Pul or Tilgath-pilneser,[a] to exile the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. The people were taken from Israel to live in Halah, in Habor, in Hara, and by the river of Gozan, where they remain today.

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  1. 5:26 Some consider Pul and Tilgath-pilneser to be the same ruler, 2 Kings 15:19, 29.

25 And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and (A)played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (B)Pul king of Assyria, that is, (C)Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to (D)Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:26 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser