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Households carry bundles out of a settlement under Assyrian escort.
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1 Chronicles 5:26

Assyria carries the tribes away

The Eastern Tribes and the Priestly Line · 1 Chronicles 5

Story guide: Households leave their settlement under escort and continue beside a river. Assyria carries the eastern tribes away to the named destinations.

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26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he took the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.

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