2 Kings 17:24

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And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

King, Assaraddon, who led away the remnants of Israel, and fulfilled the prediction, Isaias vii. 8. (Du Hamel) Babylon, or the territory. These people had been lately conquered from the Babylonian empire, from Syria Cutha: the greatest part were from this city; so that the Samaritans were afterwards called Cutheans. Emath, on the Orontes. Sepharvaim; or the Saspires, near Media. (Calmet) We find several other places mentioned, 1 Esdras iv. 9. (Haydock)

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