John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:27
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying ,.... Gave the following orders and directions: carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence ; for they carried away all the people of every class, civil and religious: and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land ; it is in the plural number, "let them go", &c.; F15 ילכו וישבו "eant et sedeant", Montanus. ; there might be more priests than one ordered, or, however,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 17:24-41
Never was land lost, we say, for want of an heir. When the children of Israel were dispossessed, and turned out of Canaan, the king of Assyria soon transplanted thither the supernumeraries of his own country, such as it could well spare, who should be servants to him and masters to the Israelites that remained; and here we have an account of these new inhabitants, whose story is related here that we may take our leave of Samaria, as also of the Israelites that were carried captive into... read more