2Ki 17:24, Ezr 4:2 | ESV | STEP | And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon , Cuthah , Avva , Hamath , and Sepharvaim , and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel . And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities .

2 Kings 17:24

Assyria Resettles Samaria

24 ^aAnd the king of Assyria brought people from ^bBabylon, Cuthah, ^cAvva, ^dHamath, and ^eSepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

Ezra 4:2

2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever ^fsince the days of ^gEsarhaddon king of Assyria ^hwho brought us here.”