we seek your God. A priest had been sent to these Samaritans (2Ki_17:28-33).
we do sacrifice unto Him. Hebrew text = "although we have not been sacrificing". Some codices, and two early printed editions, with Septuagint and Syriac, add "unto Him".
Esar-haddon. The son and successor of Sennacherib (see notes on 2Ki_19:37, and 2Ch_33:11).