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.
Region
Halah
- Name means
- a moist table
- Location
- 36.345°N, 40.789°E · rough
- Mentioned
- 3 verses
About Halah
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Every mention
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.