Ezra 4:10
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over,.... 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 {l} Sennacherib; but, with Grotius, Shalmaneser; rather he was Esarhaddon, the son of the former, and grandson of the latter; so Dr. Prideaux {m}; 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 &c. something following, unto King Artaxerxes greeting, or something like that; though David de Pomis {n} takes it to be the general name of the people beyond the river.
{l} Kimchi Sepher Shorash. fol. 166. 2. & Vajikra Rabba in ib. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 94. 1.
{m} Connexion, &c. vol. 1. p. 30.
{n} Tzemach David, fol. 63. 3.