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26 So the God of Israel stirred up[a] King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria),[b] and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:26 tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:26 tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-Pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-Pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).

26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit(A) of Pul(B) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser(C) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,(D) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

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