# carried Israel away to Assyria
The name "Israel" is metonymy for the people living there. Alternate translation: "took the Israelite people to Assyria" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# Halah ... Habor River ... Gozan
These are the names of locations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
# Medes
This is the name of a people group. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])