1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 5:22 notes the Transjordan tribes' exile—5:26 names the Assyrian king who carried it out.
2 Kings 17:6 recounts the exile of Israel to Halah, Habor, Gozan, the same locations as this exile, confirming the pattern.
2 Kings 18:11 records a later Assyrian deportation of Israel to the same locations (Halah, Habor, Gozan), showing a parallel pattern of exile.
2 Chronicles 33:11 records Assyria taking Manasseh captive, another instance of God using Assyria to judge his people.
Ezra 1:5 shows God moving hearts to return from exile, contrasting with stirring up Pul to cause exile here.
Isaiah 10:5 calls Assyria the rod of God's anger, explaining the theological purpose behind stirring up Pul.
Isaiah 10:6 declares God sends Assyria against a godless people, directly paralleling the judgment on unfaithful tribes here.
Haggai 1:14 uses the same phrase 'stirred up the spirit' for rebuilding, contrasting God's judgment in this verse.
2 Kings 15:29 directly parallels this event: Tiglath-pileser captures Gilead and carries captives to Assyria — likely the same deportation.
Jeremiah 51:11 uses the same 'stirred up the spirit' idiom for God raising the Medes against Babylon, a parallel divine strategy.
2 Chronicles 36:22 uses the identical phrase 'stirred up the spirit' of a foreign king (Cyrus), mirroring this verse.
2 Kings 15:19 shows Pul receiving tribute, the same king whose later invasion causes the exile described here.
Numbers 32:19 describes the Reubenites and Gadites choosing land east of Jordan, the very land from which they were later exiled.
2 Chronicles 28:20 shows the same Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser afflicting Ahaz, a parallel instance of God using Assyria as judgment.
Isaiah 37:12 echoes 2 Kings 19:12, listing Gozan and other places Assyria destroyed, linking to the exile region.
2 Kings 19:12 lists Gozan among places Assyria destroyed, connecting to the region where the Transjordan tribes were exiled.
2 Kings 16:7 mentions the same king Tiglath-pileser, but in a different context — Ahaz seeking his help against Israel.
1 Kings 11:14 uses the same phrase 'stirred up' for God raising an adversary, a verbal parallel to God stirring up Assyrian kings.