2 Kings 17:24. And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Ava and from Hamath and from Sepharvites, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel. And they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities. 25. And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there that they did not revere the LORD*. Therefore the LORD* sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26. So they spoke to the king of Assyria saying, The nations which you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner of the God of the land, therefore He has sent lions among them and, behold, they are slaying them because they do not know the manner of the God of the land.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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