January 08, 2010 journal, History of the Israelite people from the 10 lost tribes migration. Brit-Am Historical Reports (31 December. 18 Tevet, 5773) 1. The Assyrian Exile. Interesting Quote from a Hebrew Language Children's Book. 2. Brit-Am Translation "IN THEIR RUINS" (2-Ch. 34:6) Confirmed by Other Translations. 3. The Assyrian Exile: Articles and Sources 1. The Assyrian Exile. Interesting Quote from a Hebrew Language Children's Book. Quote: In The Period of the First Temple: The King of Assyria had already exiled the Ten Tribes from their land but Jerusalem and its inhabitants were still intact. Hezekiah was a king without equal for righteousness amongst the monarchs of Judah. Seated on his throne he commanded his men to fortify the walls of the city against the King of Assyria....The King of Assyria! Ten ye years beforehand he had already exiled all the inhabitants of Samaria. He had also conquered 150 cities of Judah and exiled those who had dwelt in them... Unquote. Source: Translated from the Hebrew, H. Eisner, "Shekitat Nitsachon", a comic book story based on historical events for young people. 2. Brit-Am Translation "IN THEIR RUINS" (2-Ch. 34:6) Confirmed by Other Translations. In our article, The Completeness of the Exile. Answers to Deniers of Brit-Am Biblical Truth We said, #(4) Claim 4: Josiah purified the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, "even unto Naphtali" of idolatry. Does not this indicate people of the Northern Kingdom ... The King James (KJ) says: "AND SO DID HE IN THE CITIES OF MANASSEH, AND EPHRAIM, AND SIMEON, EVEN UNTO NAPHTALI, WITH THEIR MATTOCKS ROUND ABOUT" [2-Chronicles 34:6]. The words translated above as "WITH THEIR MATTOCKS" in Hebrew is "BeCharvotayhem" which means "IN THEIR RUINS"! King Josiah went around the RUINED CITIES of Northern Israel and destroyed the remnants of idols he found in them. The verse in Hebrew actually affirms that the cities were in ruins and presumably uninhabited. See also: "Daat Mikra" (Sefer Diverei HaYamim-b) p.902: #The matter of the verse as read is "becharvotayhem" in their destroyed cities. This is how the Aramaic translation renders it (Bait Tsadiyut-hon -in their ruins) and so too does Gersonides: Cities that were then in ruins#still remaining?" n.16 For "charvot" in the sense of deserted cities Psalm 9:6 Ezekiel 36:4. [Daat Mikra points to the related expression "churba" in Arabic]. etc, We did not refer to other English translations in answering the above query since it is not our policy to do so. The reasons for this are varied, they include: 1. When we began our research the Internet did not exist and checking other translations was not a click away (as it is now) but a good few hours (or days) in the library and then with possibly dissatisfactory results. 2. It still involves extra work and we consider it superfluous. 3. Comparing English Translations is liable to bog us down with irrelevancies and detract from our own authenticity. We prefer to compare our renderings with works in Hebrew or Aramaic which is a related language. read more- http://hebrewnations.com/features/bars/bars31.html