The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Sargon is probably the king of Assyria intended, not (as generally supposed) either Shalmaneser or Esarhaddon.

The ruins of Cutha have been …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

RE-PEOPLING OF THE LAND WITH ALIENS; THEIR WORSHIP DESCRIBED.

The king of Assyria. —Sargon (Sargîna

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

It was a part of the Assyrian empire's tactics to take people away from their original location and resettle them in other places—to shift them to …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon
Which was at this time under the dominion of the king of Assyria; t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men, like those brought from different countries to…

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