Compare (2 Kings 17:24–28) notes.

Since the days - Esarhaddon reigned from 681-668 B.C. Thus, the Samaritans speak of wha…

As you do. —They feared the Lord, and worshipped their own gods (2 Kings 17:33): thus they came either in the…

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and the chief of the fathers ,
&c.] These they addressed, as knowing that if they coul…

Every attempt to revive true religion will stir up the opposition of Satan, and of those in whom he works. The adversaries were the Samaritans, who…