² and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that `is' in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it `is':

⁶ in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, `by' the river Gozan, and `in' the cities of the Medes.