One of the regions under the occupation of Assyria. After the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, its inhabitants were forcibly relocated to various places within the Assyrian Empire, and Halah was one of those cities.
1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul), king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, and he carried them away, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they are to this day.