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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 17:24

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

2 Kings17:24

24 ¶ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon , and from Cuthah, and from Ana, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim , and placed them in the cities of Samaria, instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Either Shalmanezer, or rather his Son and Successor, Esarhaddon, Ezra 4. 2. because this was a work o[illegible: 1+ letters] some time; and as his Father had projected, and possibly began this; so he executed or finished it: whence it is ascribed to him, rather than to his Father.

Which then was subject to the Assyrian Monarch; but a few years after, revolted from him, and set up another King; as appears both from sacred and profane Histories.

Several places then in his Dominion.

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