John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests whom, they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel ,.... According to an Arabic writer F18 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 65. , his name was Uzziah; but Epiphanius F19 Contr. Haeres. l. 1. Haer. 8. says his name was Esdras; but he wrongly makes him to be sent by Nebuchadnezzar, thirty years after the captivity of the Jews in Babylon: this priest was, doubtless, one of the priests of the calves; for there were none else in the kingdom... 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