2 Kings 17:6

17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

Matthew 10:5

10:5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.


tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.

tn Grk “instructing them, saying.”

tn Grk “on the road of the Gentiles.” That is, a path that leads to Gentile regions.

tn Grk “town [or city] of the Samaritans.”