John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 4:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, etc.] 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 f46 Sennacherib; but, with Grotius, Shalmaneser; rather he was Esarhaddon, the son of the former, and grandson of the latter; so Dr. Prideaux f47; 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 etc. something following, unto King Artaxerxes greeting, or something like that; though David de Pomis f48 takes it to be the general name of the people beyond the river.

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