11The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
12This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant — all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded — and would neither listen nor obey.
— 2 Kings 18:11-12