Ezra 4:9. Colonists planted in Samaria after Israel's deportation by Assyria. Conjectured to be the Tapyri, a Median tribe E. of Elymais (Ptolemy vi. 2, section 6), or the Tarpetes, a Maeotic race (Strabo, 11:495).
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Tarpelites' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.