Ezra 4:10 meaning and explanation
and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.
Ezra 4:10, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra 4:10 appears inside the letter that Rehum, Shimshai and their associates sent to King Artaxerxes, listing the officials and peoples settled in Samaria and the region west of the Euphrates. Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian king, and the verse recalls Assyria's policy of deporting conquered peoples and resettling them in Samaria, a practice also noted in 2 Kings 17.
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