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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
2 YooKumkani 17:27
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
one of the priests: Judges 17:13, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:2, 2 Chronicles 11:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:26 - know not 2 Kings 17:34 - fear not Ezra 4:2 - we do John 4:22 - ye know Hebrews 8:11 - Know the
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying,.... Gave the following orders and directions:
carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; for they carried away all the people of every class, civil and religious:
and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land; it is in the plural number, "let them go", c. o there might be more priests than one ordered, or, however, others, to attend and assist him in his work; the Jews say p, two were sent to circumcise them, and teach them the book of the law; and they give their names, Dosthai, or Dosithaeus, and Zachariah; and Josephus q says, the people desired that priests might be sent to them of the captives.
o ילכו וישבו "eant et sedeant", Montanus. p Pirke Eliezer, c. 38. q Antiqu. l. 9. c. 14. sect. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Carry one of the priests ...; let them go and dwell there, and let him teach - The double change of number is curious; but rise text needs no emendation. The priest would require to be accompanied by assistants, who would “go and dwell,” but would not be qualified to “teach.” The arcana of the worship would be known to none excepting the priests who had ministered at the two national sanctuaries of Dan and Bethel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 27. Carry thither one of the priests — Imperfect as this teaching was, it, in the end, overthrew the idolatry of these people, so that soon after the Babylonish captivity they were found to be as free from idolatry as the Jews themselves, and continue so to the present day. But they are now nearly annihilated: the small remains of them is found at Naplouse and Jaffa; they are about thirty families; and men, women, and children, amount to about two hundred persons! They have a synagogue, which they regularly attend every Sabbath; and they go thither clothed in white robes. The reader may find much curious information relative to this people, in a Memoire sur L'Etat actuel des Samaritains, by Baron Sylvestre de Sacy, 8vo., Paris, 1812.
