2 Raja-raja 17:6

17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel ¹  to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Raja-raja 18:33

18:33 Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? ² 

[17:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.

[18:33]  ² tn Heb “Have the gods of the nations really rescued, each his land, from the hand of the king of Assyria?” The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the main verb. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not!”