And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and so forth.
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Bede
AD 735
'Rise up, it is your part to make a decision, and we will be with you, so take courage and do it', he very fittingly teaches how one should consult with superiors, namely that a person should say what he has understood is best according to his own reason, if he believes that he has understood well, and yet leave the prerogative of decision making to the person who is qualified to make it and be ready to submit to all that this person ordains should be done in accordance with the will and law of God.
Asenaphar, commonly supposed to be the Asarhaddon, though we know not that he caused any of these nations to remove thither, as Salmanasar certainly did. (Calmet)
The name of the latter occurs in some copies. (Lyranus)
River, Euphrates.
In peace. (Haydock)
The original, ceheneth, is neglected by the Septuagint and Arabic. The Syriac reads, "Acheeneth. "Others translate, "at that time "as if the date had been lost. (Junius)
Protestants, "and at such a time. "(Haydock)
Others suppose the writers lived "at Kineeth. "(Pagnin)
But who ever heard of such a place? Le Clerc takes it to mean "and the rest "as if the title were curtailed. But it is more probable that the text ought to be Ceheth, as ver. 17, and that we should translate, "beyond the river, (Calmet) as now, (11) unless this word ought to be here omitted, (Haydock) to Artaxerxes, the king, peace (and prosperity) as at present. "(Calmet)
Chaldean sslum ucath, "peace even now. "(Haydock)
So Horace says, suaviter ut nunc est,...
