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An Imperial Tactic
Commentators explain that the Assyrian king's decision to transplant foreign peoples into Samaria was a deliberate political strategy. By moving populations and breaking up national identities, the empire aimed to crush patriotism and make the conquered territories easier to control. This was not a random act but a calculated imperial policy.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 17:24
18th Century
Theologian
Sargon is probably the king of Assyria intended, not (as generally supposed) either Shalmaneser or Esarhaddon.
The ruins of Cutha have been …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 17:24
19th Century
Bishop
RE-PEOPLING OF THE LAND WITH ALIENS; THEIR WORSHIP DESCRIBED.
The king of Assyria. —Sargon (Sargîna
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 17:23–24
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 17:24
17th Century
Pastor
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
On 2 Kings 17:24–41
17th Century
Minister
The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men, like those brought from different countries to…