# 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]])