And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Ver. 24. And the king of Assyria.] First Shalmaneser, as here, and then his grandson Esarhaddon. Ezr 4:2 These colonies were afterwards called Samaritans. Mat 10:5 Luk 9:52 Joh 4:4