Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The posts went - The bearers of the letters were probably the "runners" who formed a portion of the king' s body-guard (II Kings 10:25 note).
The kings of Assyria - Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser may all be referred to in this passage (compare the marginal reference and II Kings 17:3). The passage by no means implies that the fall of Samaria and final captivity of the Israelites had as yet taken place.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Samuel 18:19
2 Chronicles 29:24
Obadiah 1:18
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