# 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/jit/figs-metonymy]]) # Halah ... Habor River ... Gozan These are the names of locations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]]) # Medes This is the name of a people group. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])