I think it's whom because it makes more scenes that way.
I think it's the tax commissioner but i'm not sure.
the answer is
afircan american
In 721 BCE, the Assyrian army captured the Israelite capital at Samaria and carried away the citizens of the northern Kingdom of Israel into captivity. ... After the fall of the northern kingdom, the kings of Judah tried to extend their influence and protection to those inhabitants who had not been exiled.
In 1511 Albuquerque captured Malacca; from this he could control the trade from the East Indies and the coast of China.