Ezra 4:2 Commentary - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Let us build with you: this they spake not sincerely, as appears from their disposition and designs discovered in the following history; but that by this conjunction with them they might pry into their counsels, and thereby get an opportunity to find some matter or pretences of accusation against them.
We seek your God, as ye do; for so they did, though in a mongrel way: see 2Ki 17:26, &c.
Esar-haddon king of Assur; son of Sennacherib, and after him king of Assyria, 2Ki 19:37; who brought or sent these persons hither, either,
1. In the days of Salmaneser, who lived and reigned in Assyria but eight years before Esar-haddon’s reign; and so Esar-haddon might be one of his most eminent commanders, and the man by whom that colony was sent. Or,
2. In the reign of Esar-haddon, who sent this second colony to supply and strengthen the first.
Consult other comments:
Ezra 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ezra 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ezra 4:2 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ezra 4:2 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Ezra 4:2 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Ezra 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ezra 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ezra 4:2 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ezra 4:2 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Ezra 4:2 - Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Ezra 4:2 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Ezra 4:2 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezra 4:2 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole (1624–1679) wrote English Annotations on the Holy Bible, completing the chapters as far as Isaiah 58 before his death in 1679. The rest of the Annotations were completed by friends and colleagues among his Nonconformist brethren. The first printing of the completed edition was in 1685, 2 volumes folio, followed by editions in 1688, 1696 (with valuable chapter outlines added by the editors, Samuel Clark and Edward Veale), and the 4th and definitive edition in 1700, the basis of all others.