Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 15:30

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 14, page 106, footnote 10 (Image)

Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John. (HTML)

John 3.35,36 (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 787 (In-Text, Margin)

... Samaritans were made up; since all this country is called Samaria. Whence then did they receive their name? The mountain was called “Somor” from its owner (1 Kings xvi. 24): as also Esaias saith, “and the head of Ephraim is Somoron” (Isa. vii. 9, LXX.), but the inhabitants were termed not “Samaritans” but “Israelites.” But as time went on, they offended God, and in the reign of Pekah, Tiglath-Pileser came up, and took many cities, and set upon Elah, and having slain him, gave the kingdom to Hoshea.[2 Kings 15:29-30] (2 Kings xv. 29.) Against him Shalmaneser came and took other cities, and made them subject and tributary. (2 Kings xvii. 3.) At first he yielded, but afterwards he revolted from the Assyrian rule, and betook himself to the alliance of the ...