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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 17:6

2Ki 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. Ver. 6. And carried Israel away into Assyria. ] Whither Tiglathpileser had before carried five of the tribes. 1Ch 5:26 And this was the end of the Israelitish kingdom, after it had stood two hundred and fifty-four years; the time being now come of which the prophet Isaiah had spoken, saying,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 17:6

am 3283, bc 721 the king of Assyria: 2 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 18:11, Hosea 1:6, Hosea 1:9, Hosea 13:16, foretold carried: Leviticus 26:32, Leviticus 26:33, Leviticus 26:38, Deuteronomy 4:25-Hosea :, Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 29:27, Deuteronomy 29:28, Deuteronomy 30:18, 1 Kings 14:15, 1 Kings 14:16, Amos 5:27 Halah: 2 Kings 19:12, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Isaiah 37:12, Isaiah 37:13 the Medes: Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 21:2, Daniel 5:28 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:46 - unto the land 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.Carried Israel away, … — There, we have reason to think, after some time, they were so mingled with the nations, that they were lost, and the name of Israel was no more in remembrance. They that forgot God, were themselves forgotten, and they that studied to be like the nations, were buried among them.... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:6

6. The king of Assyria took Samaria From the context we most naturally infer that this Assyrian king was no other than Shalmaneser, mentioned in 2 Kings 17:3, but the Assyrian inscriptions show that it was Shalmaneser’s successor, whose name, Sargon, occurs in Isaiah 20:1. This fact by no means conflicts with our historian, who simply calls the conqueror, the king of Assyria. Compare chap. 2 Kings 18:10. In a long inscription discovered in the palace of Khorsabad, and commonly called the... read more

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