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Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;
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Identifying the Adversaries
All commentators unanimously identify the "adversaries" as the Samaritans. They explain that this was a mixed-race group, combining a remnant of Israelites with various foreign peoples resettled in the land by Assyrian kings after the northern kingdom's exile (as detailed in 2 Kings 17). They were not part of the returning exiles from Judah and Benjamin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Adversaries - that is, the Samaritans, a mixed race, partly Israelite but chiefly foreign, which had replaced to some extent the ancient inh…
19th Century
Anglican
The adversaries. —The Samaritans, so termed by Nehemiah (Ezra 4:11). These were a mixed race, the original Israelite e…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin The Samaritans, as appears from (Ezra 4:2[Reference Ezra …
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