HALAH, a country beyond the Euphrates, whither the Kings of Assyria transplanted the Israelites of the ten Tribes. We do not know distinctly the situation of it: there is mention of it in the books of Kings, and it is placed with Habor: which makes us think, that it was not far from the river Chebal.
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