And the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Assyria
'Ashshuwr (ash-shoor')
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
brought
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
men from Babylon
Babel (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
and from Cuthah
Kuwth (kooth)
of foreign origin; Cuth or Cuthah, a province of Assyria -- Cuth.
and from Ava
`Ivvah (iv-vaw')
Ivvah or Avva, a region of Assyria -- Ava, Ivah.
and from Hamath
Chamath (kham-awth')
walled; Chamath, a place in Syria -- Hamath, Hemath.
and from Sepharvaim
Cpharvayim (sef-ar-vah'-yim)
(dual)
and placed
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
them in the cities
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
of Samaria
Shomrown (sho-mer-one')
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria.
instead of the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and they possessed
yarash (yaw-rash')
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Samaria
Shomrown (sho-mer-one')
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria.
and dwelt
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
in the cities
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
thereof
