the adversaries: These were the Samaritans, the descendants of the various nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel, when they had carried the original inhabitants captive. Ezr 7:9, 1Ki 5:4, 1Ki 5:5, 1Ch 22:9, 1Ch 22:10, Neh 4:1-11, Dan 9:25, 1Co 16:9 children of the captivity: Heb. sons of the transportation, Ezr 1:11, *marg. Ezr 6:16, Ezr 6:19, Ezr 6:20, Ezr 10:7, Ezr 10:16, Dan 5:13 Reciprocal: 2Ki 17:41 - unto this day Ezr 4:10 - And the rest Neh 6:9 - Their hands Zec 1:19 - scattered Mat 2:8 - that Luk 9:52 - the Samaritans Joh 4:9 - for