Verse 10
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over ,.... The river Euphrates:
and set in the cities of Samaria ; placed there in the room of the Israelites carried captive; this Asnappar was, according to Jarchi and others F12 Kimchi Sepher Shorash. fol. 166. 2. & Vajikra Rabba in ib. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 94. 1. Sennacherib; but, with Grotius, Shalmaneser; rather he was Esarhaddon, the son of the former, and grandson of the latter; so Dr. Prideaux F13 Connexion, &c.; vol. 1. p. 30. ; though he might be only some commander of the Assyrian monarch, who carried them over by his orders:
and the rest that are on this side the river ; the river Euphrates:
and at such a time ; which may respect the date of the letter, which, no doubt, was expressed, though not here given; or this, as some think, was the same with our &c.; something following, unto King Artaxerxes greeting, or something like that; though David de Pomis F14 Tzemach David, fol. 63. 3. takes it to be the general name of the people beyond the river.
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