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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(burning). The land in
Persia
whence colonists came into
Samaria
(
2 Kings 17:30
30
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (2 Kings 17:30)
).
Cuthah
(
2 Kings 17:24
24
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. (2 Kings 17:24)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
One of
the
places from where the king of
Assyria
brought colonists into
Palestine
.
They
inhabited the cities
of
Samaria
and became
with
others the ancestors of the
Samaritans
(
2 Kings 17:24, 30
24
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. (2 Kings 17:24)
30
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (2 Kings 17:30)
). The locality of
Cuthah
is not definitely known. Josephus places it in the interior of
Persia
; others in
Babylonia
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
place of crushing