Unto Beth-horon, to wit, Beth-horon the lower, which was in the tribe of Benjamin; and from thence to Samaria; either,
1. To the city of Samaria; for the kings of Judah had taken divers places within the kingdom of Israel. Or,
2. To the kingdom of Samaria; Beth-horon and all other places between that city and their own kingdom. Smote, i.e. killed, as that word is generally understood. Three thousand of them; not three thousand cities, but three thousand persons dwelling in them, who possibly opposed them in taking the spoil, which was the thing they sought.