Asnapper — Either Esarhaddon, or some other person of eminency, who was captain of this colony, and conducted them hither. The river — Euphrates. Time — The date of the epistle was particularly expressed therein, but here it was sufficient to note it in general.
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Ezra 4:10
10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.